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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-8

…article L. 5212-1 shall provide information annually, in the declaration provided for inarticle L. 133-5-3 of the Social Security Code, made for the period of employment in April of the year followin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article R5461-4

…cle R. 5211-65; 6° For a manufacturer or its authorised representative mentioned in article R. 5212-13, not to designate a materiovigilance correspondent or not to communicate the name of this corresp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article LO6371-8

…f the territorial public service under the conditions set out in article 110 of law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities. They are then employed by the local…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article LO6271-8

I. - This article applies to services or parts of services that participate in the exercise of competencies of the State, the region of Guadeloupe or the department of Guadeloupe transferred to the co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-42

I. - When, at the end of the assessment provided for in I of Article L. 613-41, the resolution board, after obtaining the opinion of the supervisory board, finds that there are significant obstacles t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…ronment;12° Installation of the person in a position appropriate to his/her pathology or disability;13° Preparing and monitoring rest and sleep;13° bis Fitting and changing a respiratory mask in a chr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-16

…ed for in B of this article towards the amounts provided for in B of Article L. 2333-9.From 2009 to 2013, this evolution is carried out within the limit of an increase or decrease equal to one fifth o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-4-1-1

…firm in accordance with Directive 2014/65/EU, as a credit institution in accordance with Directive 2013/36/EU, as an asset management company, a management company established in a Member State of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article Annexe article A43-6

…C 3.5 c) For the clinical examination and blood test provided for in articles R. 3354-7 to R. 3354-13 of the Public Health Code and for the opinion given by the expert referred to in article R. 3354-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…sidered, for this reason alone, to be interested in the business, within the meaning of article L. 2131-11 of this Code, article 432-12 of the French Penal Code or I of article 2 of Law no. 2013-907 o…

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