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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-1

No research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 may be carried out on a person without their free and informed consent, obtained in writing, after they have been given the information provided for in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1312-1

…on the one hand, are covered by the ordinary law on contracts set out in Book I of Part Two or Book II of Part Two relating to partnership contracts and, on the other hand, are not covered by this Cod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating tuberculosis and leprosy.

Article L3112-1

Vaccination with the BCG anti-tuberculosis vaccine is compulsory, unless there are recognised medical contraindications, at certain ages and depending on the living environment or the risks involved i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: The national plant variety authority

Article L412-1

…ions on plant variety protection and, in particular, issuing the certificate referred to in Article L. 623-4; 2° To support the State in drawing up national regulations and international agreements re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of employee representation rules.

Article L4742-1

Undermining or attempting to undermine either the constitution or the free appointment of members of the health, safety and working conditions committee, in particular by disregarding the provisions o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-1

The database producer has the right to prohibit: 1° Extraction, by permanent or temporary transfer of all or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of the contents of a database to another…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article L332-1

…means infringing the technological measures and information referred to, respectively, in articles L. 331-5 and L. 331-11; 2° The seizure, on any day and at any time, of copies constituting an unlawf…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: END OF PROTECTION

Article L562-1

…tection of Refugees and Stateless Persons considers terminating refugee status pursuant to Articles L. 511-7 or L. 511-8 or the benefit of subsidiary protection pursuant to Article L. 512-3, it shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches.

Article L7322-1

The provisions of Chapter I are applicable to self-employed managers as defined in article L. 7322-2, subject to the provisions of this chapter. The company owning the branch is responsible for applyi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-17

The provisions of articles L. 1612-15 and L. 1612-16 are not applicable to the entry and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for local authorities, their groupings and their public establishm…

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