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Showing 69516960 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal resuscitation

Article R6123-48

Neonatology is carried out in facilities authorised for this purpose. Each neonatology unit is either an individual unit or a separate sector within a paediatrics unit.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal resuscitation

Article R6123-43

The obstetrics unit carries out childbirth and abdomino-pelvic surgery related to pregnancy, childbirth and delivery, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It is also involved in screening for risk f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Managing employment and skills - Preventing the consequences of economic change.

Article L320-4

Any employer of salaried employees or persons treated as such is required to send to the body responsible for collecting social security contributions, by 31 January each year at the latest, a stateme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the national body responsible for managing the professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector

Article R8291-4

The personal data collected by the union of funds mentioned in Article R. 8291-2 as part of the management of the professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Provisions relating to the lifelong vocational training of public servants.

Article L970-4

In the light of their needs, the administrations and public establishments of the State implement a professional training policy for the benefit of their employees and contribute to interministerial t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for issuing the professional identification card

Article R8294-4

On termination of their contract with the company or at the end of their secondment in France, employees are required to return their professional identification card to their employer or to the user…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6134-4

Public health institutions may take part in international cooperation initiatives to train foreign management staff in collaboration with the Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biomedical and public health research committee

Article R6142-46

The Committee determines its own rules of procedure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Biomedical and public health research committee

Article R6142-47

The duties of members of the Biomedical and Public Health Research Committee are free of charge. However, their travel expenses are reimbursed under the conditions set by the regulations applicable to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of the agreement.

Article R6142-40

The agreement sets out the terms and conditions under which the parties will bear the costs of all kinds incurred, in particular those relating to the construction and maintenance of the buildings, de…

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