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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-13

Candidate declarations shall be delivered against receipt, or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, no later than one month before the date on which the ballot opens, to the Chair…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-13

The transport of the body of a person of full age who has consented to donate their body after their death for the purposes of medical teaching and research, pursuant to article L. 1261-1 of the Publi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article R2334-13

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale is the authorising officer for the revenue and expenditure corresponding to the second portion of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Cashless money instruments

Article R733-13

Articles R. 733-6, R. 733-7, R. 733-9 to R. 733-11, R. 733-17 and R. 774-39 are applicable to the financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Cashless money instruments

Article R732-13

Articles R. 732-6, R. 732-7, R. 732-9 to R. 732-11, R. 732-17 and R. 773-39 are applicable to the financial services of the Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ethics officers in health authorities and bodies

Article R1451-13

I.-The compliance officer shall ensure that the authority or body to which he is appointed takes the appropriate measures to ensure that the declarations of interest of the persons subject to the obli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat leprosy

Article D3112-13

The application for authorisation should be sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which the leprosy centre is to be located, together with a dossier, the content…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Work using site vehicles, equipment and machinery.

Article R4534-13

It is forbidden to work under the body of a lorry or under a moving part of a construction machine without using an appropriate device to prevent an accident in the event of failure of the normal rest…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reinforced individual health monitoring for temporary workers

Article R4625-13

No new medical examination of fitness is carried out prior to the new assignment if the following conditions are met: 1° The occupational physician has been informed of a medical opinion of fitness fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Installation and operation of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-13

An in-house pharmacy may be authorised to serve several establishments, services or organisations mentioned in article R. 5126-1, provided that the dispensing of the medicinal products, products or ar…

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