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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-2

…the group constituting the institute ; 2° The identity of its members ; 3° The registered office ; 4° The rules governing the liability of members towards each other and towards third parties. Any am…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Departmental mobilisation plan

Article R3131-11

…s or requisitioning; 3° The procedures for coordinating and organising specific emergency services; 4° The procedures for triggering and lifting specific emergency arrangements.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for special local procedural acts in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-34

The services listed under numbers 131 to 134 of table 3-2 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-2 of article appendix 4-7)Description of the serviceFee 131 S…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-32

For the calculation of the levy provided for in II of article L. 2531-13, the per capita financial potential of each municipality is determined under the conditions set out in articles L. 2334-2 and L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-11

…authorisations made against these appropriations during the financial year, including attachments; 4° The differences resulting from a comparison of the amount of appropriations with the total of aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions relating to the handling of industrial radiology equipment

Article R4451-63

…teristics of the equipment used; 3° The qualifications of the persons responsible for the training; 4° The methods of testing knowledge and the conditions for issuing the certificate of aptitude; 5° T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-16

The exemptions referred to in article L. 3335-4 are the subject of annual orders issued by the mayor of the municipality in which the public house whose temporary opening is requested is located. Appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-12

The minimum duration of the work placement is thirty-two hours per week. The internship is completed during the normal working hours of the internship supervisor. During the last six months of the tra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Return visit

Article R4624-31

…o an occupational illness ; 3° After an absence of at least thirty days due to an accident at work; 4° After an absence of at least sixty days due to a non-occupational illness or accident. As soon as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose

Article R5111-2

…economic circumstances; 3° Aid to encourage the recruitment and professional mobility of employees; 4° Temporary aid to companies that implement a programme to redeploy their employees by undertaking…

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