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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article R1333-101

…dered to be radioactive sources.II - The management of the radioactive source depends on its origin and its owner:1° When the radioactive source originates from a nuclear activity that is or has been…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-9

The duties of specialist assistant may be carried out in the courts and magistrates referred to in article 628-1 category A and B civil servants as well as persons holding, in subjects defined by decr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-10

I.-Subject to the provisions of articles R. 512-9 and R. 512-12, the intermediaries referred to in 3° and 4° of I of article R. 511-2 and the employees referred to in a and c to f of 5° of the same ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-9

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The high-cost activities or activities requiring special provis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-9

…able on the site where the work is carried out. The employer shall make it available to the workers and to the social and economic committee. On board ships, the hyperbaric safety manual is also made…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Foreign graduates working or employed by a young innovative company

Article D421-17

An innovative company, within the meaning of articles L. 421-9 and L. 421-10, a company that meets one of the following criteria:1° The company is or has been a beneficiary over the last five years of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-3

The certificate drawn up by the person responsible for the second-hand resale certifies that the second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical device has been serviced as part of the accreditation referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-94-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with the employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-94-3

…nt contract, an agreement concluded between the Minister of Defence or the Minister of the Interior and the employer or an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-94-2, the following provisions apply:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-94-2

…e employment contract, an agreement between the Minister of Defence or the Minister of the Interior and the employer, a collective company agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention…

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