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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

…nsual psychiatric care measures. Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-9, R. 3211-12, R. 3211-14 to R. 3211-28 and R. 3211-30 shall apply in French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-897…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special schemes.

Article L351-14

…t of 1 January 1997 relating to unemployment insurance signed after the entry into force of law no. 2002-311 of 5 March 2002 relating to the unemployment insurance scheme for casual entertainment work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-1

…Regional Health Agency also supervises training establishments approved underarticle 75 of law no. 2002-303 of 4 March 2002 relating to patients' rights and the quality of the health system. These es…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-65

The provisions of decree no. 82-447 of 28 May 1982 relating to the exercise of trade union rights in the civil service are applicable to civil servants represented on the ministerial administrative so…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-5

…R. 213-1 or by Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-548

…itional days of rest granted as part of the reduction in working hours in application of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002 relating to working hours and the organisation of work in the establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-10

…ment of an employee at an age lower than that set in the second paragraph of Article 6 of Order No. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte may be signed or exten…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-4

…provisions of the law of the consumer's habitual residence ensuring the transposition of Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002, as amended, concernin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-3

…of measures imposed on an entity mentioned in IV of c or d of paragraph 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2002/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 June 2002 in application of the legisl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Community Designs

Article L515-1

Any infringement of the rights defined in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs constitutes an infringement giving rise to civil liability on the par…

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