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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50-1

…erinary medicinal product from another Member State shall inform the marketing authorisation holder and notify the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article D5142-53-1

…ates at least equal to level III registered in the national register of professional qualifications and appearing on a list drawn up by order of the ministers responsible for agriculture, health and h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-8

The provisions of this Title apply to army hospitals, the army blood transfusion centre and other elements of the army health service. They apply, where applicable, to other elements of the Ministry o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-4

The mandate terminates by one of the following events: 1° The arrival of the stipulated term; 2° The renunciation of the mandatary; 3° The judicial revocation, at the request of an interested heir or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article D3243-8

…ve all pay slips issued in electronic form at any time, without complex or repetitive manipulation, and in a structured and commonly used electronic format.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5214-8

Articles L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7 to L. 2123-16, L. 2123-18-2 and L. 2123-18-4, as well as article L. 2123-24-1 are applicable to the members of the council of the communauté de co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-8

…able by the employer in the absence of an agreement relating to professional equality between women and men at the end of the negotiations referred to in 2° of article L. 2242-1 or, in the absence of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5462-8

…ufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, for its authorised representative, having b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-59

…onthly basis by the State for the salaries paid to an employee who is a member of a labour tribunal and who is absent from work in order to carry out his labour tribunal duties, as well as for all the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-57

…mploying councillors who carry out one of the activities listed in article R. 1423-55 before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. or who have ceased their professional activity receive an allowance for their shift…

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