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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special requirements

Article R4544-6

In the case of work carried out in the vicinity of live bare active parts in the HTA or HTB fields mentioned in 3° and 4° ofarticle R. 4226-2, permanent supervision is ensured by an authorised person,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-3

The youth employment agreement referred to in 1° of Article L. 5134-2 specifies in particular : 1° A description of the activities envisaged; 2° The number of positions and the nature of the employmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5122-2-1

When a medicinal product is the subject of a reassessment of the risk-benefit balance, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall inform the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-140

Monitoring self-vaccines for veterinary use consists of the authorisation holder recording the following information in chronological order: 1° The name and address of the owner of the animal or farm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-31

When the quantitative targets defined by the regional or inter-regional health plan are reached in one of the zones defined in 2° of I of Article L. 1434-3, the Director General of the Regional Health…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-19

The professional practice standard relating to events subsequent to the end of the financial year, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-560 Events after the end of the financial ye…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…e with the provisions of the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application of article 6 of decree n° 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles concerning the distribution of cinema…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3321-2

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are deleted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-5

The following articles of the Electoral Code apply to the preparatory operations for the ballot and to the conduct of the voting operations, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6213-1, the fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-5

The following articles of the Electoral Code apply to the preparatory operations for the ballot and to the conduct of voting operations, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6313-1, the follow…

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