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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-69

By way of derogation from article R. 6145-28, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health are responsible for the supervision of establishments intended exclusively for prisoners or persons pla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-68

Public health establishments intended exclusively for the treatment of prisoners or persons subject to secure detention are national establishments. Notwithstanding article R. 6141-10, they are create…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…ded for in 3° of article L. 6431-8 ; 7° The creation, deletion and transformation of medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units and other departments of the agency; 8° The agreement signed with t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-40

…reement of its author expressed on an individual basis or in a collective agreement, without prejudice, in the latter case, to the exercise of his moral rights by the journalist. These uses give rise…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-45

Article L. 132-41 applies as from the entry into force of an industry agreement determining the minimum wage for professional journalists who derive most of their income from the use of still images a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…ions. Failing the conclusion of a company agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2009-669 du 12 juin 2009 favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur internet, et…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-43

Collective agreements may provide for the management of the rights mentioned in articles L. 132-38 et seq. to be entrusted to one or more collective management bodies governed by Title II of Book III.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-41

Where the author of a still image is a professional journalist who derives most of his or her income from the exploitation of such works and who occasionally contributes to the preparation of a press…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42

…ned in articles L. 132-38 et seq do not have the character of wages. They are determined in accordance with articles L. 131-4 et L. 132-6.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Mortgages

Article L341-47

…ditions provided for in this section, the borrower is only required to repay the capital in accordance with the schedule provided for and, where applicable, to pay the interest for which the lender ha…

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