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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-4-1

On completion of the training referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 3332-1-1, the approved body will issue a certificate, known as an "operating licence", to the persons who have taken it,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-4

Generic proprietary medicinal products whose active substance(s) is/are exclusively one or more mineral substances are covered by the provisions of articles R. 5121-5, R. 5121-5-1 and R. 5121-5-2.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-4

…ionale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the administrative authority referred to in II of article L. 5221-2, within their respective areas of competence, may, under the condition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-4

I. - When a healthcare professional who has ceased to be covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, applies to be entered on the roll of a professional association or on one o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable in municipalities with a state police force

Article L2214-4

…of article L. 2212-2 and placed by that article as a general rule in the hands of the mayor, falls to the State alone in communes where the police are state-run, except in the case of neighbourhood d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-4

At the end of an apprenticeship contract, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in the cases mentioned in articles L. 1242-2 and L. 1242-3 and, in addition, when the apprentice must fulfil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-43

…persons registered in the national register of companies as businesses in the trades and crafts sector, who are tenants of the premises in which their business is located, are exempt from the obligat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General rules for taking leave

Article L3142-34

…inimum duration of the leave is six months and the maximum duration is eleven months ; 2° The right to this leave is open to an employee who, on the date of departure for the leave, has been with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-337

The contractual practitioner is recruited by the director of the public health establishment after obtaining the opinion of the chairman of the establishment's medical committee and the head of the de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-342

…ic law contract. It shall be in writing. The contractual practitioner shall immediately send a copy to his local Association Council, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9.

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