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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-3

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 1131-2-1, only practitioners approved for this purpose by the Biomedicine Agency referred to in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-2

…owing either the detection of a case of lead poisoning, or the diagnosis prescribed pursuant to the last paragraph of article L. 1334-1, or the risk of exposure to lead report mentioned in article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-8

…formation necessary to carry out its task of assisting recovery under the conditions set out in the last paragraph of article 706-11 of the same code.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-13

…the measures taken to remedy any shortcomings identified during the inspections. The results of the last four years are taken into account when the application for renewal of approval is examined.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1711

…price, are also a hire, when the material is supplied by the person for whom the work is done.These last three species have special rules.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-2

…first working day of March at the latest. The public prosecutor's report is made public before the last working day of June in accordance with the procedures laid down by an order of the Minister of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-11

…sentativeness of the trade union organisation that appointed him. In the event of a significant and lasting reduction in the workforce to below fifty employees, the abolition of the trade union delega…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2321-9

…he works council or by one or more full members who received more than 50% of the votes cast in the last professional elections. To determine the latter threshold, the votes received in the first roun…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pensions

Article R143-4

The Supervisory Committee issues an opinion on the report provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 143-2-2, when it is drawn up and whenever it is amended. When the Supervisory Committee set u…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article R*327-1

…ons, as defined in Title IV of Book III of this Code, which appear as liabilities on the assignee's last balance sheet in respect of its acceptances and the amount of any net claims of the assignee on…

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