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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-5

…owner shall inform posted employees, by means of posters in the workplace, of the regulations applicable to them pursuant to article L. 1262-4. The notice shall be easily accessible and translated in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-5

…e electoral roll, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The judge hearing the case will check that the voters concerned meet the conditions laid down in articles L. 2122-10-2 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-5-1

…e minor's consent to this consultation. If the minor maintains his or her opposition, the nurse may carry out the preventive action, screening or treatment. In this case, the minor must be accompanied…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-3

Everyone has the right to receive treatment and care aimed at relieving their suffering. In all circumstances, this suffering must be prevented, taken into account, assessed and treated. The doctor mu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-5

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 1111-3, L. 1111-3-2, L. 1111-3-3 and L. 1111-3-4 of this code shall be investigated and recorded by competition, consumer affairs and frau…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

…icit attributable to benfluorex, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage and on the liability of the person(s) marketing the medicina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5-1

I. - Pharmaceutical establishments and establishments authorised in application of articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 may obtain tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body from a Member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-5-1

…L. 592-45 of the same c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-5-2

…the number of women and men among these representatives does not exceed one. It also determines the cases in which, in view of the lack of eligible persons of each sex noted at the time of the ballot,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-3

…th a health centre and the doctors employed by this centre, on the basis of which these doctors may carry out all or part of their activity in an area where there is a shortage of healthcare or where…

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