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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article D6153-58-1

…accommodation and that he or she is not receiving any assistance from a public body or organisation;4° A special allowance not subject to contributions to the supplementary pension scheme, equal to 40…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-3

I. - The personal data mentioned in articles D. 1441-22-2, D. 1441-22-3 and D. 1441-22-4 are kept as follows: 1° Until the end of the term of office : a) For the representative of the trade union or p…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55-1

…game, of the players' bets, their winnings, or the sums committed by them to take part in the game;4° For games played with machines defined in article L. 324-4 of the Internal Security Code, which p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-91

…process of committing crimes or offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 ; 4° Where their performance, in the context of an investigation into one or more of the offences refe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-29

…The minimum guarantees for the insurance provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 1126-8; 4° The conditions for coverage of in vitro diagnostic medical devices subject to non-commercial perf…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-10

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-10 in respect of the constitution of classes of affected parties and the preparation of voting operations (number 3 of Table 4-1) is set, depending on the amount…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Staff representation-Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R2624-1

For the application in Mayotte of article R. 2315-20, the words: "at the rate of the second class railway fare" are replaced by the words: "at the rate shown in article 6B of appendix 4 of the general…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Employment contract

Article L3123-6

…p associations and companies, working hours are communicated to the employee in writing each month; 4° The limits within which overtime may be worked beyond the working hours set by the contract. The…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-1

Contracting entities are: 1° Contracting authorities that carry out one of the activities of network operator defined in articles L. 1212-3 and L. 1212-4 ; 2° Where they are not contracting authoritie…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

An application for a European Union trade mark or a European Union trade mark may only be converted into an application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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