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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-14

The agreement specifies, where applicable, whether the participation of professional teams in competitions on the federal calendar or organised by the professional league falls within the remit of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-15

The council of the delegated commune meets at the annex to the town hall located on the territory of the delegated commune.When the annex to the town hall has been abolished under the conditions provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article R1115-10

Each full member appointed under 1° of article R. 1115-9 has an alternate appointed under the same conditions. Alternate members may only attend meetings and take part in votes if the full member they…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-13

It is forbidden for any person to publish, by any means, comments, information or intelligence about minors engaged or produced under the conditions set out in articles L. 7124-1 and L. 7124-4, other…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-34

…persons who, fulfilling the conditions for practising pharmacy in France, carry out their activity: 1° In a pharmacy, with the pharmacist(s) or the manager of the pharmacy after their death ; 2° In a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-1

Failure to grant an employee the daily rest period referred to in articles L. 3131-1 to L. 3131-3 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Contraventions give rise to as many fines as there are employees…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-9

…reads as follows: "Art. R. 1423-1 The industrial tribunal is divided into two independent sections: 1° The management section; 2° The inter-professional section. "

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-8

…n of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail:1° The duration and content of the training of the qualified persons referred to in paragraph II of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-1

The practice of dentistry involves the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of congenital or acquired diseases, real or assumed, of the mouth, teeth, maxillae and associated tissues, in compliance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-11

…the provisions of article L. 4311-2, the profession of nurse may be practised by persons who hold : 1° One of the certificates issued in application of the decree of 27 June 1922 establishing the prof…

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