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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-42

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may also suspend, for a period not exceeding one year, or revoke a marketing auth…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-4

Prior to its implementation or any substantial change in its design, the electronic voting system referred to in Article R. 7343-37 shall be subject to an independent assessment at the request of the…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: The full quality assurance system

Article R4313-45

To this end, all the elements, requirements and provisions adopted by the manufacturer are set out in systematic and rational documentation in the form of written measures, procedures and instructions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article R5131-4

The State, in consultation with the region, establishes strategic guidelines for the implementation of the right to support for young people at risk of exclusion from the labour market as referred to…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-4

Within the time limit set out in article R. 2242-3, the employer shall send it, by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt, evidence that it is complying with the obligation(s) set out in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-14-4

For the application of article R. 6523-11 to Mayotte, the words "25 km" are replaced by the words "10 km".

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R2143-4

The purchaser accepts that candidates may submit their applications in the form of a Single European Market Document constituting an exchange of structured data, drawn up in accordance with the model…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-43

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially authorised for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Minister responsible for agriculture by the Ministe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General justification for categories of medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-46

I.-In application of 1° of Article L. 1333-2, each category of procedure is justified in general terms under the conditions laid down in Article R. 1333-47. These procedures are carried out when expos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-4

The prior declaration of a temporary employment undertaking provided for in Article L. 1251-45 shall include the following information: 1° An indication of the planned operation: creation of a tempora…

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