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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of training costs under the personal training account

Article D6323-5

…isions of I above. It is included in the report mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 6333-5.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the protection of rights in the context of a resolution procedure

Article L613-57

…I of Article L. 613-34, and the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution under Article L. 613-55-5, does not incur or suffer, as a result of a measure to transfer part of the assets, rights and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L351-5

…cable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in article L. 351-6, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-5

Disregarding the provisions of: 1° Articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and articles R. 1225-1, R. 1225-3, R. 1225-4 and R. 1225-11, relating to the protection of pregnancy and maternity, is punishable by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…or as agents of the parties involved in these activities, in the design, construction, marketing or maintenance of these devices. This does not exclude the possibility of an exchange of technical info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-53

…training initiatives, as defined in article L. 6313-1, a contribution which may not be less than 0.15% of the annual amount of the social security ceiling. This contribution is collected on a single o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-51

…1-2, the procedures for obtaining consent or the procedures for verifying the absence of opposition;5° If storage or preparation activities for therapeutic purposes are carried out on the same site, d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-5

…osition of the polling station;4° Article R. 43 relating to the chairmanship of the polling station;5° Article R. 44 relating to the appointment of assessors;6° Article R. 45 relating to the appointme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-5

…osition of the polling station;4° Article R. 43 relating to the chairmanship of the polling station;5° Article R. 44 relating to the appointment of assessors;6° Article R. 45 relating to the appointme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-5

…accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales or his representative; 5° A representative of the medical liability insurance companies provided for in article L. 1142-2;…

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