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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions, declarations and notifications

Article R3512-12

…dies mentioned in II of Article L. 3512-17 are intended to examine, for each additive, whether it : 1° Contributes to the toxicity or addictive effect of the products in question and whether this resu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for meeting the costs of procedures and support and agreements

Article R6422-11

…in the absence of mobilisation of the personal training account, an agreement is concluded between: 1° The candidate for validation of prior learning; 2° The funder(s) of the actions enabling validati…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union rights and representativeness criteria

Article L6156-2

…by the competent authorities at national level. For negotiations concerning the staff mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1, their trade union organisations must, in addition, have obtained at least o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment certificate

Article D1234-6

The work certificate contains only the following information: 1° The date on which the employee entered the company and the date on which he left; 2° The nature of the job or jobs successively held an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-6-1

…ded for in III of Article L. 752-6 is granted to any legal entity meeting the following conditions: 1° Neither it nor any of its legal representatives or employees have been convicted by a French or f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-6

The inspectors of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé are authorised by the Minister for Defence to work in the pharmaceutical establishments of the central pharmac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article D712-14-3

Territorial chambers of commerce and industry that wish to have their budget topped up, over and above the voted budget, under the conditions set out in articles D. 712-14-1 to D. 712-14-2 submit a re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82-2

When the person under investigation applies to the examining magistrate, pursuant to the provisions of Article 82-1, of a request that this magistrate carry out a transport to the scene, to hear a wit…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-10

…e State guarantee referred to in article R. 442-8-9 is granted in respect of cover pursuant to e of 1° of article L. 432-2 to companies authorised to carry out credit insurance operations in France fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-8

…m and will be exceeding the tariffs set by the administrative authority or the tariffs mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code. This information is recorded in the pati…

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