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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Nature of activities

Article R2312-35

…apprenticeship and vocational training centres, libraries, study circles, general culture courses; 5° Social services responsible for: a) ensuring the well-being of employees in the company, facilita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

…se details of where the embryos are stored in the containers in the room allocated for this purpose;5° Where applicable, the places where the embryos were previously stored;6° Information relating to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-2

The auction listed in number 1 of the table mentioned in Article A. 444-1 gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° In the event of judicial liquidation: to the realisation value of each i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6232-7

…g to the appointment of tellers;4° Article R. 65-1 relating to the grouping of envelopes by hundred;5° Article R. 66 relating to the reading of ballot papers, their marking and the handing in of docum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6332-7

…to the appointment of tellers; 4° Article R. 65-1 relating to the grouping of envelopes by hundred; 5° Article R. 66 relating to the reading of the ballot papers, their marking and the handing in of d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…ccupational exposure limit value; 4° A description of the working methods and technical means used; 5° The workstation instructions provided for in Article R. 4412-39; 6° The characteristics of the eq…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients and newborn babies.

Article R4127-330

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5, a midwife called upon to provide care to a minor or an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation of the person who is not capable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-9

The marking of the eligibility tests is organised in such a way as to preserve the anonymity of each candidate.Each composition is examined by two markers and given a mark from 0 to 20. Any mark below…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-7

…hours on employment law related to collective procedures. The mark is assigned a coefficient of 3. 5° A test lasting one and a half hours on the law of civil enforcement procedures. The mark is assig…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pre-employment medical examination

Article R4624-24

…nform the worker about the risks of exposure to the workstation and the medical follow-up required; 5° Making the worker aware of the means of prevention to be implemented.

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