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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary law

Article R6352-4

No penalty may be imposed on a trainee or apprentice without the latter first being informed of the grounds for the penalty.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Complaints

Article R7111-35

Every three years, the entire Board is renewed. Retiring members may be reappointed or re-elected.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical health centres.

Article D6124-410

A medical nursing home may be authorised to have, in separate premises, rest and convalescence or diet sections.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D6153-1-27

The junior doctor may not work as a replacement in the entity in which he or she is being hosted as a trainee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-33

At any time, the Minister for Health may request a copy of the laboratory's valid accreditation, authorisation or approval.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1

Sports federations, as well as the organisers of sports events mentioned in article L. 331-5, own the exploitation rights to the sports events or competitions that they organise.Any sports federation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-157

I. - Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or the articles of association of the specialised professional fund sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

…ffences, order that a sentenced person who has benefited from reductions in sentence under article 721 be subject, after his release and for a period which may not exceed the total reductions in sente…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…té may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , except…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Reductions in sentence provided for by article 721

Article D116-6

When the sentence enforcement judge is likely to revoke all or part of a previously granted reduction in sentence, on his own initiative or at the request of the head of the establishment or the publi…

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