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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-12

Failure to comply with Articles 37, 42, 43 and 93 of European Parliament Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products regarding the communication of informatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee.

Article R313-22

…y, conferring a guarantee equivalent to a 1st ranking mortgage within the meaning of article L. 313-42, is one that gives the creditor, regardless of the debtor's legal situation, the right to sell th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The prison integration and probation service

Article D580

…its activities are determined by the provisions of articles D. 112-36, D. 112-38, D. 113-34, D. 113-42, and D. 113-45 of the French Penitentiary Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-5

…32-32 to D. 1432-35, D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39, D. 1432-41, the last two paragraphs of article D. 1432-42, articles D. 1432-43 and D. 1432-45, the last four paragraphs of article D. 1432-46 and articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R2223-66

Any contravention of the provisions of article L. 2223-4, of the articles R. 2213-2-1 to R. 2213-42, R. 2213-44 to R. 2213-46, R. 2223-74 to R. 2223-79 and Article R. 2223-89 is punishable by the pena…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-2

…he company in economic and financial matters, particularly in the cases defined in articles L. 2312-42 to L. 2312-51 , as well as in matters of health, safety and working conditions, particularly in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-48

…employed beneficiary submits a request for review under the conditions set out in articles R. 5213-42 or R. 5213-44.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-34

…inted or confirmed in their posts, who perform one of the functions referred to in articles R. 2223-42 to R. 2223-47 have the professional capacity defined by the articles D. 2223-35 à D. 2223-39.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-20-1

…r of fire and rescue services, the agents occupying the posts mentioned in 3° and 4° of article R. 1424-19 ensure the management of their sub-directorates and groupings under the conditions defined by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3826-1

…6-4 and R. 3116-5 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-42 of 25 January 2018. Articles R. 3116-16 and R. 3116-17 are applicable in the territory of the Wal…

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