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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-8-1

The employee may object to the occupational physician responsible for monitoring his state of health having access to his shared medical file referred to inarticle L. 1111-14 of the Public Health Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose.

Article L5134-65

The aim of the contrat initiative-emploi is to facilitate the professional integration of unemployed people experiencing social and professional difficulties in accessing employment. To this end, it i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title V: Health products composed in whole or in part of genetically modified organisms.

Article L5150-1

Articles L. 125-3, L. 531-1 to L. 531-3-2, L. 533-1 to L. 533-8, L. 535-1 to L. 535-9, L. 536-1 to L. 536-5, L. 536-8 and L. 537-1 of the Environment Code apply to the products mentioned in Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-53

Articles R. 228-60 to R. 228-78 and R. 228-80 to R. 228-86 are applicable in the event of the issue of profit participation certificates. To this end, the rules provided for by these articles and conc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Monitoring and administrative penalties

Article R1221-12

At the request of any of the enforcement officers referred to in article L. 8271-7, the employer : 1° Present the notice of receipt of the pre-employment declaration if they are still required to keep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions governing the entry into or exit from national territory of the elements or products of the human body referred to in Article R. 1245-1, for scientific purposes

Article R1245-19

The provisions of Section 4 of Chapter V of Title III of this Book are applicable to the entry into and exit from national territory from or to a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R1313-30

The Ethics and Conflicts of Interest Committee elects its Chairman and determines its operating procedures. It shall inform the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive. The Committee shall have acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article R642-7

When the court is called upon to rule on the assignment of contracts mentioned in article L. 642-7, or to record the transfer of a security interest referred to in Article L. 642-12, the co-contractor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-21

The mandated body without a public accountant opens an account with the State intended for the execution of all treasury operations relating to this mandate, to the exclusion of all other operations.W…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-44

The file provided for in article L. 5211-50 is made available to the public under the conditions defined in this article at least fifteen days before the ballot. This file includes, in particular, the…

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