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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Regional committees for working conditions

Article L4641-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat determines the organisation, tasks, composition and operation of the regional committee for the orientation of working conditions and the regional committee for preventi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-66

…ployment contract may be granted to the following employers: 1° Employers mentioned in article L. 5422-13 and in 3° and 4° of article L. 5424-1 ; 2° Employers' groups for integration and qualification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-67

Individual employers are not eligible for assistance under an initiative-employment contract.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-6

For the application of the provisions of Article 64-1 relating to the audiovisual recording of the questioning of a person held in police custody for a crime, account shall be taken of the nature of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-6

…termination of ABO and Rh(D) groups, also known as Rh 1 (RH1) ;b) Determining the Rh phenotype: C(RH2), E(RH3), c(RH4) and e(RH5) and Kell(KEL1) for the first two donations;2° Testing for anti-erythro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-66

When the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2221-13 the committee of the syndicat de communes is enlarged to include outside persons to exercise the powers of the operating board, with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-64

The operating board deliberates on the categories of business for which the town council has not reserved decision-making power for itself or for which this power is not assigned to another authority…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-6

…to justify non-compliance with the obligations mentioned in the first two paragraphs of Article L. 2242-8, and in particular : 1° The occurrence of economic difficulties in the company ; 2° Ongoing r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Control by the administrative authority

Article D3345-6

…e filing of the agreement or its amendment, carried out under the conditions set out in articles D. 2231-2, D. 2231-3 and D. 2231-7. The competent Minister may extend this period by a further two mont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-6

…c) One representative of the municipality of Miquelon-Langlade, appointed by the municipal council; 2° College of representatives of users of health or medico-social services: a) Two representatives o…

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