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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-31

…to medical devices to be the subject of clinical investigations ; 2° EC declaration of conformity ; 3° EC type-examination ; 4° EC verification ; 5° Declaration relating to custom-made medical devices…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rehabilitation, re-education and vocational training.

Article L5213-3

…24-2-4 may benefit from the in-company vocational re-education agreement mentioned in article L. 5213-3-1.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Joint preliminary inspection.

Article R4512-3

…ngs will be working; 2° Marks out the areas in this area which may present hazards for the workers; 3° Indicates the traffic routes which these workers and the vehicles and machinery of all kinds belo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-3

…ate in respect of acts constituting the offence of counterfeiting, within the meaning of Article L. 335-3 of this code, of audiovisual works that are prejudicial to the resources allocated to it under…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal enjoyment

Article 386-4

…Which is given or bequeathed to him under the express condition that the parents will not enjoy it;3° Which he receives by way of compensation for extrapatrimonial prejudice of which he has been the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other provisions applicable to sportspeople

Article L223-3

…ion characteristic of a contract of employment within the meaning of articles L. 1221-1 and L. 1221-3 of the Labour Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Decisions taken after the prison administration has been given time to take corrective measures

Article R249-32

…of detention have not been put an end to, he shall take one of the decisions provided for in 1° to 3° of II of article 803-8. In the cases provided for in the last paragraph of II of the same article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-3

The personalised Republican integration pathway provided for in article L. 413-2 includes in particular:1° Civic training prescribed by the State, relating to the values, principles and institutions o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18-3

…been communicated within the timeframe set out in I; 2° The budget does not balance in real terms; 3° The budget does not include the appropriations required to meet the obligations and commitments o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30-1

Each year, before 30 April of the following year, innovation mutual funds send the Autorité des marchés financiers a summary statement of the companies financed, the securities held and the amounts in…

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