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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementation of financial penalties

Article R5312-3

The Minister for Health is the authorising officer responsible for issuing collection orders relating to penalties and periodic penalty payments ordered pursuant to articles L. 5312-4-1, L. 5471-1 and…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-23

…mmittee based at the Ministry of Health, which provides the secretariat. This committee comprises : 1° A representative of the Minister for Health, who is the chairman ; 2° Three representatives of ea…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VIII: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R281-2

…f this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in the local aut…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Supervision of the operator of a physical activity or sports establishment

Article A322-2

The administrative authority may oppose the opening or order the temporary or permanent closure of an establishment whose operator has refused to provide it with information enabling it to monitor the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of article D. 1453-2-10, union representatives paid solely on a commission basis receive, within the limit of ten hours per month mentioned in article L. 1453-5, an hour…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities

Article R1432-125

…d for in 5° of article L. 224-5-2 of the Social Security Code, the National Consultation Committee :1° Discusses human resources policy and management as well as the conditions for exercising social d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-16

When, in the context of cooperation with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union exercising powers similar to its own or with the European authorities mentioned in 9° of I of Arti…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Negotiation procedures

Article L2241-7

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2241-5 or in the event of non-compliance with its stipulations, the organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article L1415-6

The staff of the Institut National du Cancer comprises : 1° Employees governed by Titles II, III and IV of the General Statute for Civil Servants or public employees governed by special statutes; 2° C…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-1

…l doping.II - It carries out the tasks entrusted to it by this title under the following conditions:1° A person with expertise in veterinary medicine takes part in the College's deliberations relating…

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