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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Packaging units for rolling tobacco

Article R3512-24

…t of rolling tobacco may be: 1° Parallelepiped with characteristics that may be specified by order; 2° Cylindrical; 3° A pouch. II-The packaging unit complies with the size characteristics of the heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of midwives in medically assisted procreation activities

Article D4151-20

Under the conditions laid down in this section, midwives participate in the clinical activities of medically assisted procreation carried out with or without a third party donor, as well as in gamete…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-2

…hment for inter-communal cooperation on whose territory the market of national interest is located; 2° An economic and financial report setting out the reasons for the request, in particular a loss-ma…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose

Article R5111-2

…eed under cooperation agreements include, in particular: 1° Temporary vocational training measures; 2° Temporary measures guaranteeing certain resources to employees deprived of all or part of their r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4352-2

…Minister for Health set out in particular: 1° The conditions and procedures for student admission ; 2° The conditions under which exemptions from teaching, work placements and tests may be granted; 3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-2

…harmacist must hold either: 1° A diploma of specialised studies in hospital and community pharmacy; 2° A diploma of specialised studies in industrial and biomedical pharmacy; 3° A diploma of specialis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Employee rights and legal action

Article D8223-2

…ee, corresponding to the date of recruitment and the period of employment mentioned in the request; 2° Where recruitment has been the subject of a declaration, the foreseeable date and time of recruit…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ASSESSMENT BOARD

Article L1212-2

…bers, the commission examining draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities may, before giving its final opinion, submit a draft standard of a delegating federation to the National Council…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF AN EXPULSION DECISION

Article L631-2

…or mother of a minor French child residing in France, provided they can prove that they have effectively contributed to the upkeep and education of the child under the conditions set out in article 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-28

…be called upon by the company under the conditions laid down in Article 331 of the French Code of Civil Procedure. All the members referred to in Article L. 236-40 who have an interest in the transfe…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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