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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R783-6

I. - The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-4

…ole du Louvre; 4° The diploma of archivist palaeographer issued by the Ecole nationale des chartes; 5° The diploma of bi-disciplinary law-history of art and archaeology from the University of Paris-I;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-148

When the foreseeable duration of the work is more than five days, the employer shall also send the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer and the prevention department of the social security body in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and mandate

Article D8121-6

…s, competition, consumption, labour and employment, appointed by the college of regional directors; 5° A labour inspector, nominated by the staff representatives elected to the joint administrative co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-1

…manufacture of which does not include any stage intended to isolate one or more of its components; 5° "Importation of faeces and preparations of faecal microbiota": any entry into the customs territo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-64

…howing that the manufacturer is authorised in his country to produce veterinary medicinal products; 5° A copy of any registrations or authorisations obtained for the same medicinal products in other M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-334

The provisions of this section specify the rules for the recruitment and employment as contractual practitioners of doctors, pharmacists and odontologists by public health establishments, in applicati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Local commissions for liberal professions.

Article R6154-13

…154-1 .For the application of the provisions of article R. 6154-12, one of the members mentioned in 5° is appointed by the competent local medical establishment committee and the other is appointed by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-8

…the authorisation has not initiated the certification procedure provided for in article L. 6113-3 ; 5° When the characteristics of the facilities or their operation no longer comply with the authorisa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: France Compétences

Article L6123-5

…expenditure does not exceed existing revenue, including retained earnings and excluding bank loans;5° To pay the regional inter-professional joint committees mentioned in article L. 6323-17-6 funds t…

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