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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Examinations, checks and registers.

Article R4534-16

…machinery, installations or protective devices are repeated as often as necessary, in particular: 1° After each dismantling or modification, or when one of their parts has been replaced; 2° Followin…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-104

For the application of this section, the average turnover or the average result is determined:1° For persons who began their activity before 1 January 2018, by taking into account the period between 1…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

…on B or section E of the national order of pharmacists in the case of establishments referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 11° and 12° of article R. 5142-1 and on the register of section C or section E in the ca…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-13

I.-The health cooperation grouping jointly operating the authorisations held by one or more of its members on a single geographical site may be authorised by the Director General of the Regional Healt…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2171-19

…premium that will be paid to tenderers as well as the conditions for its reduction or elimination: 1° For the award of a design-build contract when this is awarded by a purchaser subject to the provi…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15

…ate-approved integration workshops and sites are organised by employers on a list. Their role is to 1° To welcome, recruit and provide work experience for unemployed people experiencing particular soc…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 C

…ication of this article.II. - The decisions referred to in I are general in scope. They may concern:1° Property tax on built-up properties and the business property tax (cotisation foncière des entrep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-53

The manufacturer and importer of medicinal products mentioned in 1° of article L. 4211-1, or of generators, kits or precursors mentioned in 3° of the said article, shall implement a pharmaceutical qua…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-23

…bers appointed by order of the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities, as follows: 1° Three local elected representatives who are members of the national council for the training of l…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article R4623-31

A nursing interview may be set up in agreement with and under the responsibility of the occupational physician.The nurse may also take part in workplace and collective information initiatives designed…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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