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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work

Article R1225-13

The information and reasoned requests provided for in articles L. 1225-50 to L. 1225-52 shall be sent to the employer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Lists of training organisations

Article R2315-8

The list of training bodies referred to in article L. 2315-17 is drawn up by the Regional Prefect after consulting the Regional Committee for Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-9

The Committee and its Technical Section may hear qualified persons called upon to provide an opinion or expertise on any item on the agenda.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Gifts and bequests

Article R3213-13

Notices or documents intended for the accounting officer of the department or departmental public establishment are sent through the intermediary of the departmental or, where applicable, regional dir…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-23

The opinions issued by the Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council or its sections are published officially.They are sent to the President of the Executive Council and the Presid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-11

Publication of the opinion of the territorial audit chamber is ensured, as soon as it is received, under the responsibility of the president of the territorial council or the president of the public e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for measuring dust and monitoring occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-105

The employer consults the occupational physician and the social and economic committee on the draft sampling strategy drawn up by the inspection body. Their opinions are forwarded by the employer to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Derogations

Article R4437-2

The employer shall specify the circumstances justifying the derogation in the request for derogation submitted to the Labour Inspector, and shall forward it together with the opinion of the Social and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-25

Doctors are prohibited from providing consultations, prescriptions or medical advice on commercial premises or in any other place where medicines, products or appliances that they prescribe or use are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-107

Before undertaking any expert examination, the medical expert must inform the person he is to examine of his mission and the legal framework in which his opinion is sought.

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