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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-4

…workforce to be taken into consideration for the organisation of the autonomous occupational health and prevention service is the physical workforce of all employees, including medical staff, employed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Application to certain non-EU Member States

Article 695-9-48

…rmation referred to in Article 695-9-31 between the services or units mentioned in the same Article and the competent services of the non-EU Member States associated with the implementation, applicati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Application to certain non-EU Member States

Article 695-9-49

…termined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. This decree shall, in particular, lay down the procedures and deadlines for forwarding information to the departments that requested it.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-19

The import authorisation is granted for a period of five years, renewable if it is certified by the authority authorised for this purpose by the country of origin, before the expiry of its validity, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-18

…te of the European Union or from another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and imported under the same designations as in the country of origin is also freely imported.In othe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-4

If, contrary to the classification of the invention resulting from the employee's declaration, the employer's right of attribution is subsequently recognised, the employee, where applicable, shall imm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-4

…ng is punishable by a fifth-class fine: 1° Failure to mention in contracts, in breach of Article L. 4532-12, the obligation to participate in an inter-company safety, health and working conditions com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information

Article R4425-4

…ty of workers, the employer shall make the following information available to the workers concerned and to the Social and Economic Committee: 1° The activities in which workers are exposed to pathogen…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2324-4

…of a defence or security contract, use the competitive dialogue procedure referred to in article L. 2124-4, when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1° The purchaser is objectively unable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4251-4

…r Health: 1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation; 2° The composition of the panel for the aptitude test and the procedures for organising this test; 3…

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