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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Extreme emergency work.

Article L4532-17

…2° Drawing up a general health and safety coordination plan as provided for in article L. 4532-8; 3° Drawing up and sending a specific health and safety protection plan as provided for in article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-16-1

…s part of the core package referred to in article L. 4622-9-1; 2° Its range of additional services; 3° The amount of membership fees, the fee schedule and changes thereto; 4° All documents, the list o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R224-2

…n; 2° The State's contributory share in the remuneration of court officers in matters of legal aid; 3° Costs assimilated to criminal, correctional and police court costs, other than those mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R7125-25-4

The councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for holders of evidence of formal qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec

Article D4111-22

Holders of evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor, dentist or midwife obtained in the province of Quebec must send an application for authorisation to practise in application of article L. 4111…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-48

…e procedure to a non-professional audience when its efficacy and safety have not been demonstrated; 3° Misleading the good faith of practitioners or customers by presenting to them as beneficial and h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-74

…ation: 1° The name of the medicinal product ; 2° The quantitative composition in active substances; 3° The route of administration; 4° The batch number; 5° The expiry date; 6° The words "for veterinar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights management authorisation

Article L322-1

Collective management organisations shall inform right holders who wish to entrust them with the management of their rights of the rights from which they benefit pursuant to Articles L. 322-3 to L. 32…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Accessibility obligations

Article L311-14

…Code, under: 1° Section 1 of Chapter II of this Title; 2° Articles L. 131-2, L. 132-1 and L. 132-2; 3° II and 1° of III of article L. 314-1; 4° The opening, management and closure of a payment account…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-208

Companies which allow their employees to share in their results by allocating their shares, those which allocate their shares under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3…

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