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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article D1110-3-2

The prior information provided to the data subject is evidenced by the fact that the professional who obtained the consent provides the data subject with a written document, which may be in electronic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Principle of free administration

Article R1111-1-C

…or the persons exercising these functions to receive compensation, this compensation shall take the form of holiday allowances, the amount of which may not exceed a ceiling set by order of the Ministe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-14

…R. 49-1, if they are sent pursuant to article 529-10, are accompanied by a request for exoneration form specifying the conditions for admissibility of the request provided for in article 529-2, the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information for consumers of packaged natural mineral water

Article R1322-44-14

It is forbidden on packaging, labels and in advertising, in any form whatsoever, to use any indication, name, product or service mark, image or other sign, figurative or otherwise, which, when applied…

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

Article R2223-25

…er of Companies as a company in the trades and crafts sector, as well as an indication of its legal form, the authorisation it holds and, where applicable, the amount of its capital.The content of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-23

…cases, the request may be made at any time.The early lifting of the unavailability period takes the form of a single payment which, at the employee's choice, relates to all or part of the rights likel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Work involving exposure to radiation

Article D4153-22

…2-5 and R. 4452-6. II -The prohibition mentioned in I may be waived under the conditions and in the forms laid down in section 3 of this chapter.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Units for difficult patients.

Article R3222-1

Units for difficult patients receive patients undergoing psychiatric care without consent in the form of full hospitalisation pursuant to Chapters III and IV of Title I of Book II of Part Three of thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-125

…eing notified of the proposed transfer, the company makes its consent or refusal known, in the same forms. Silence on the part of the company during this period shall constitute implicit consent to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Significant event

Article R4451-75

…ational physician who considers that the exposure of a worker may constitute a significant event, informs the employer and the radiation protection advisor in a named form excluding any quantitative n…

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