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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-2

…EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC or the practice of other aesthetic acts, procedures, techniques and methods other than those…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…it and the decision notified to the operator by the mayor pursuant to articles R. 143-41 and R. 143-42 of the French Construction and Housing Code (Exhibit 17). 4° Where applicable, the obsolescence a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

…ons of this Title and the texts adopted for its application, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-39

…on of the diploma mentioned in Article D. 2223-55-2;-for the agents referred to in articles R. 2223-42 à R. 2223-45 et R. 2223-49, the certificate of physical fitness from occupational medicine;-for a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-41

…d educators participate in the supervision of the children cared for as defined in articles R. 2324-42 to R. 2324-43-2 or perform management or deputy management duties as defined in articles R. 2324-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-19

…each of the departmental commissions for inter-communal cooperation provided for in article L. 5211-42 the number of members is set at 40. This number is increased by one additional seat: a) From a th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-166

…subject to occasional controls, prescribed in accordance with the first paragraph of article R. 814-42-2. The provisions of articles R. 814-44 to R. 814-46, with the exception of the sixth paragraph o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transporting and receiving the body

Article R1261-2

…n is subject to possession of an extract from the death certificate provided for in article L. 2223-42 of the General Local Authorities Code certifying that the death does not pose any medico-legal pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-3

I. - The articles L. 5211-42 to L. 5211-45 are applicable to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of I of article L. 5211-43 :1° In 1°, "40%" is repl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-1

…by the establishment. For manufacturers mentioned in 1° of Article R. 5124-2 and 1° of Article R. 5142-1 who import excipients for their own use, the mention of this activity in the statement provided…

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