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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles.

Article L2261-17

…he members of the National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training:1° To make compulsory in the territorial sector in question a branch agreement already extended to a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D7231-1

…personal service activities subject to authorisation, pursuant to article L. 7232-1, are as follows:1° Childcare in the home, under an age set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy and the Mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-8-2

…1611-7-1 respectively of the General Local Authorities Code.In addition to the revenue mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article L. 1611-7-1 of the same code, public health establishments and health coope…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…II of this Title".III. - For the application of Article L. 5711-3, the words:", L. 5215-22" are deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Veterinary pharmacovigilance centres.

Article R5141-101

Veterinary pharmacovigilance centres are responsible for : 1° Receiving reports sent, in application of article R. 5141-103, by veterinarians, pharmacists and any member of a health profession or any…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

…ject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of article 175, articles 178 to 185…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-28

…e R. 2324-29.The staff of the establishments carry out their tasks in satisfactory conditions of safety, hygiene and comfort, paying constant attention to the children and organising meals, sleep, res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-16

…ication of article L. 6222-2, the supply of medical biology examinations for a zone defined in b of 2° of article L. 1434-9 corresponds to the total number of examinations mentioned in 1° and 2° of ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions and allowances

Article L5424-21

…orming arts, appended to the general regulations appended to the agreement relating to aid for the return to employment and unemployment compensation may receive specific unemployment compensation ben…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and activities

Article R5126-21

…rnal-use pharmacy may have some of its control operations relating to the preparations mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 5121-1 carried out by a subcontracted laboratory under the terms of a wr…

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