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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-128

In companies with fewer than three hundred employees, the employer may defer the employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the number of ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-12

I.-A person of full age who meets the age conditions set by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Agence de la biomédecine, may benefit from the collection, retrieval and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-12

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia : a) In Article L. 1245-1, the last two paragraphs do not apply ; b) Article L. 1245-5 is replaced by the following provisions: Art.L. 1245-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

I.- Measures aimed at quarantining people likely to be affected may only apply to people who, having stayed in an area where the infection is circulating during the previous month, enter French territ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-12

A decree will determine the technical capabilities that points of entry to the territory must acquire, in particular with regard to the provision of appropriate facilities, equipment and personnel, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12

I.-A case may be referred to the liberty and custody judge within whose jurisdiction the reception facility is located, at any time, with a view to ordering the immediate release of a psychiatric care…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-12

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined as necessary by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 3332-1 and subject to protected areas, the representative of the State in the département where the aerodrome is located may authorise the transfer, to civ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of sale

Article L3512-12

It is forbidden to sell or offer free of charge tobacco products as defined in article L. 3512-1 or ingredients as defined in article L. 3512-2 to minors under the age of eighteen in tobacconists and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Combating eating disorders

Article L3821-12

Articles L. 3231-1 A and L. 3232-9 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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