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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General justification for categories of medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-51

Any organised screening programme involving exposure to ionising radiation is authorised by an order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Haute Autorité de Santé. This order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General justification for categories of medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-50

…early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation mentioned in Article L. 5121-12 and II of Article L. 5121-12-1 ;2° New radioactive implantable medical devices where this is justifi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Gifts and bequests

Article R2242-5

Notices or documents intended for the accounting officer of the municipality or municipal public establishment are sent through the intermediary of the private receiver of finance to which this accoun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Monitoring the state of health of mannequins in the workplace

Article R7123-5

By way of derogation from the provisions of sub-sections 1 and 2 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book VI of Part Four of this Code, the information and prevention visit or the pre-recruitmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L444-5

The Ministers of Justice and the Economy, for the application of Article L. 444-3, and the Autorité de la concurrence, for the application of Articles L. 444-7 and L. 462-2-1, may collect: 1° Any usef…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-5

When the socio-judicial supervision accompanies a custodial sentence, the period during which the convicted offender is on temporary leave, or is placed under the semi-liberty regime or is subject to…

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

Article D6323-5

I.-The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to one of the actions mentioned in article L. 6323-6 taken by the employee, whether during workin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the statutes of professional leagues

Article R132-5

…articles of association of the professional league shall specify the rules governing the convening and deliberation of the governing body and the conditions under which it shall appoint an executive…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-5

Time off used in application of articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Information provided at the time of implementation

Article L2312-57

In the absence of an agreement, one month after each election of the social and economic committee, the employer provides it with economic and financial documentation specifying: 1° The legal form of…

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