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French Public Health CodeIn force
2. Steering Committee

Article R1142-50

The Policy Board may, on the initiative of its Chairman or at least one third of its members, hear any person or authority with competence in the fields mentioned in article R. 1142-51 and likely to e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
2. Steering Committee

Article R1142-51

…Directors the guidelines of the Office's policy for the fulfilment of its mission as regards the amicable settlement of disputes relating to damage caused by benfluorex and by sodium valproate or one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-5

…f Book I of Part Five and the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs of Article L. 1313-1.Decisions taken by the Director General pursuant to this article may not be appealed to a hig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 432-5

The amount of aid may not exceed €30,000 when it is awarded under 1° of article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs

Article L444-5

The Ministers of Justice and the Economy, for the application of Article L. 444-3, and the Autorité de la concurrence, for the application of Articles L. 444-7 and L. 462-2-1, may collect: 1° Any usef…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employment contract.

Article L5134-57

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 1237-1, the young people's work experience contract may be terminated without notice, at the employee's initiative, when the purpose of the termi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General obligations

Article R322-5

In any establishment where a physical or sporting activity is practised, a copy must be displayed in a place visible to everyone: 1° The diplomas and qualifications of the persons exercising the funct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-5

…urisdiction permanently invested with a civil security mission within the meaning of the article L721-2 of the internal security code.It carries out the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2, in acc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge.

Article R424-5

…antee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge is carried out by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in accordance with the rules applicable to it, sub…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-117

To be eligible for exceptional assistance, the foreign sales company must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 15 May 2022 at th…

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