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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Duties of the coordinator.

Article R4532-11

…rinciples of prevention defined in articles L. 4531-1 and L. 4535-1 are effectively implemented. He carries out his duties under the responsibility of the project owner.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-11

All doctors must maintain and perfect their knowledge in accordance with their obligation of continuing professional development.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-11

…uage as referred to in article L. 4221-12 must be provided when registering for the knowledge verification tests referred to in the second paragraph of the same article, by obtaining one of the qualif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Use of electrical installations

Article R4535-11

Self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site are subject to the provisions of Articles R. 4226-1 to R. 4226-21.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-11

…y be exposed at work; 3° To make him aware of the preventive measures to be taken; 4° To identify whether his state of health or the risks to which he is exposed require referral to the occupational p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-11

…f premises intended to receive micro-organisms and toxins or products containing them, or any modification of the operations provided for in the authorisation, must first be the subject of a new appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-11

…6123-32-7, the provisions of this section do not apply to health establishments providing permanent care for pregnant women and new-born babies.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-11

At the end of his mission, the mediator informs the judge in writing whether or not the parties have managed to find a solution to the dispute between them. On the set date, the case returns to the ju…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-11

Home detention with electronic monitoring is treated in the same way as pre-trial detention for the purposes of counting its full duration against that of a custodial sentence, in accordance with Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-1

Any person named in an initiating indictment or supplementary indictment who has not been indicted may only be heard as an assisted witness.

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