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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R7227-28

…7227-23 and covered by the provisions of Articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code or who may claim the benefit of the provisions of articles L. 5212-1 et seq. of the same code, or who may c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L314-28

…with the nature of the distance contract concluded or the financial service provided, the borrower may, immediately and at any time during the credit transaction, object by any means to the use of a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-28

…d is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is paid in two instalments. The first instalment, which may not exceed 50% of the total amount of the grant, is paid when the grant is awarded. The balance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-28

I.-For the medical devices mentioned in article R. 5212-26, the operator is required :1° Keep a regularly updated inventory of the devices it operates, mentioning for each of them the common and comme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-28

No tenant entitled to eviction compensation may be forced to leave the premises before receiving it. Until such compensation is paid, he is entitled to remain in the premises under the terms and condi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-28

Employees are entitled to sabbatical leave during which their employment contract is suspended. The right to this leave is open to an employee who, on the date of departure on leave, can prove a minim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-28

…ffences referred to in Article 706-26, the visits, searches and seizures provided for by Article 59 may be carried out outside the hours provided for by this article inside premises where narcotics ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-28

The establishments in the network may, subject to the approval of the supervisory authority, work together to create, subsidise and operate establishments, services or works of common interest. To thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Radiological procedures likely to be performed by specially authorised persons.

Article R4351-28

The persons referred to in Article L. 4351-7 may only take part, under the conditions laid down in that Article and for the performance of the radiography examinations listed in Article R. 4351-29: 1°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-28

May access, by reason of their duties and within the limits of the need to know, all or part of the personal data and information mentioned in the

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