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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and operation

Article R5112-18

…for: 1° Issuing opinions on applications for agreements from the employers mentioned in article L. 5132-2 and applications for assistance from the Departmental Fund for Integration provided for in ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-18

…yee placed on partial activity receives an hourly allowance, paid by his employer, corresponding to 60% of his gross remuneration used as a basis for the paid holiday allowance as provided for in II o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General Manager.

Article R5312-18

The Managing Director is appointed for a term of three years. He may be reappointed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-18

…iate mediation with the Pôle emploi Regional Mediator under the conditions set out in Articles R. 213-10 to R. 213-13 of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-18

When nurses become aware that a person with whom they are working is being abused, deprived, ill-treated or sexually assaulted, they must use the most appropriate means to protect that person, exercis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-18

…s not dispute the undue nature of the payment, recover the undue payments referred to in Article L. 5426-8-1 by deduction from future benefits, up to a limit of 20% of their amount for those referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Accounting obligations

Article D6352-18

Bodies involved in activities designed to validate acquired experience keep separate accounts for this activity when they simultaneously carry out several other activities.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers, composition and mandate

Article R7111-18

The committee responsible for issuing the professional journalists' identity card shall have equal representation. It comprises: 1° Eight employer representatives, including: a) Seven from newspaper a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-18

A joint order of the Minister for the Merchant Navy and the Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs sets the conditions under which travel allowances will be paid to committee members and, for membe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-180

The authorisation holder must ensure, in the context of exposure to ionising radiation, that staff and patients have access to the tools needed to optimise radiation protection. A dedicated echocardio…

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