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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R4341-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the fundamental principles contained in Title I of the said dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-11

In order to obtain, in application of article L. 4061-5 of the present code, a specialist qualification different from the qualification initially recognised, the army practitioner covered by the prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-1

Military healthcare professionals covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code receive, at the time of registration provided for in article L. 4061-1 of this Code, a certificate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-10

For the application of III of article L. 4061-4, the armed forces health service, the professional orders and the regional health agencies shall inform each other of the measures taken. The person con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the inspection and inspection officials

Article R6361-1

Before taking up their duties, the control officers mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6361-5 take an oath before the judicial court of their administrative residence in the following term…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-10

The contractor-employee contract referred to in 2° of Article L. 7331-2 specifies the deadlines and procedures by which the contractor-employee becomes a member of the cooperative under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-1

The activity and employment cooperative assumes all the legal, regulatory and contractual obligations inherent in the exercise of the economic activity of each employee-entrepreneur with whom it concl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of laboratories and laboratory managers

Article D6421-1

Articles D. 6212-70 and D. 6212-71 are applicable to Mayotte.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-1

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine, subject to the necessary adaptations, the rules applicable to Caisse des dépôts et consignations, adopted pursuant to Article L. 511-36, the first parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

I. - The Director in charge of the departments mentioned in Article L. 612-8-1 is appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy, on the recommendation of the Chairman of the College of Resolution…

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