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Showing 311320 of 56635 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1409 of 29-12-2023

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the personal training account for disabled people in care in an establishment or service providing assistance through work

Article R6323-29

I.-The personal training account of the person referred to in article L. 6323-33 is credited with 800 euros per year of full-time or part-time admission to an establishment or service providing assist…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article D132-29

The minimum wage paid in return for the commission of a still image, or a series of images with the same subject and produced in the same location, is determined on the basis of the time required to c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-29

In the event of the opening or pronouncement of compulsory liquidation proceedings in respect of a credit institution, finance company, electronic money institution, payment institution or investment…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-29-1

…ata contained in the processing may be accessed, for consultation purposes only, with the exception of data relating to persons registered as victims: 1° Agents of the departments mentioned in article…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-29

…nister for Defence may appoint radiation protection inspectors to monitor facilities and activities of interest to national defence.Radiation protection inspectors are appointed and sworn in under con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-29

…pharmaceutical companies exploiting medicinal products ensure an appropriate and continuous supply of the national market in order to cover the needs of patients in France.To this end, any marketing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-29

At the request of the persons directly concerned by these documents, the professionals, services, establishments and bodies referred to in article L. 1111-25 may create a document containing personal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 B

I. - For their supplies of goods and services, taxable persons established in France, with the exception of taxable persons carrying out an occult activity within the meaning of the second paragraph o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Special provisions applicable to magnetic resonance imaging equipment intended for patient care in the health sector or for research in this field, governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to effects on health

Article R4453-29

The employer shall define the appropriate protective measures and means to ensure that : 1° Workers are protected against harmful effects on health and risks to safety ; 2° The worker's exposure is on…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-29

For natural and legal persons entered in the register of commerce and companies or listed in the register of companies of the chamber of commerce and industry concerned, as defined in article D. 711-6…

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