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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks.

Article R4643-3

…involved in the construction process to take greater account of safety in manufacturing processes; 5° Proposes to the public authorities any measures resulting from feedback organised in the professi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-11

The contractual support pathway towards employment and independence referred to in article L. 5131-4 is made up of support phases which may vary in duration and intensity. Each phase is subject to obj…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Development Council

Article R6231-4

…raining courses; 4° The general conditions for the preparation and further training of instructors; 5° The organisation of relations between companies hosting apprentices and the centre; 6° Draft agre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for meeting the costs of procedures and support and agreements

Article R6422-9

…Ministry or certifier body once the admissibility of the candidate's application has been analysed; 5° The costs of the assessment session organised by the ministry or certifying body. When actions to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-12

As stated in article R. 234-5 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which reads as follows: "When a person who keeps animals belonging to one of the species whose flesh or products are intend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-29

…zing; 4° Identification details of the couple or person involved in the import or export operation; 5° Where gametes or germ tissue are stored by a couple or an unmarried woman with a view to providin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-2

…remuneration received either personally or by an organisation of which he is a member or employee; 5° The activities that the declarant directs or has directed over the previous five years and which…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organisation of certain film screenings

Article L214-1

…dissemination of film heritage; 4° screenings organised as part of non-commercial public services; 5° Free screenings; 6° Open-air screenings other than those organised by operators of cinematographi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-8

…Committee to select the proposed candidate; 4° The recovery plan referred to in Article L. 143-5 ; 5° The closure of the plan, after receiving the opinion of the insurance undertaking. The correspond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R772-2

…the words: "or which is subject to disclosure requirements that comply with Union law" are deleted;5° In Article R. 561-9, the words "in the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the w…

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