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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-43

…ttal and transfer a body to a funeral home must hold the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2223-23 on the sole basis of the professional competence of the agents and the compliance of the vehic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Occupational therapists.

Article L4331-5

…s who joined the occupational therapy profession before 11 April 1983; 2° Employees who have worked mainly as occupational therapists for at least three years during the ten years preceding the date o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19

…of the staff assigned to supply labile blood products comply with the provisions of article R. 1222-23.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R321-70

…e aptitude test are laid down by order of the Minister of Justice, after consulting the Conseil des maisons de vente. The Conseil des maisons de vente organises the aptitude test within a maximum peri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R4135-22

…mayor of a municipality of less than 500 inhabitants pursuant to the scale set out in article L. 2123-23.The reimbursement of these expenses may be combined with the reimbursements provided for in ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-27

…for the scheme. The agreement stipulates that, during the period provided for in 6° of article R. 5123-23, the company undertakes not to apply for any agreement for the allocation of the special allow…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60

…menting regulations ; 3° Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-2

…committees, the directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and the directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 have prep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-2

…Set up a central purchasing body, governed by the provisions of article 26 of order no. 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 relating to public contracts, when this proves to be the most appropriate solution for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-9

The responsible person as determined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 concerning cosmetic products and distributors of cos…

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