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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-22

Pharmacists are prohibited from soliciting customers in any way that is contrary to the dignity of the profession.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article A712-22

The initial budgets, any amending budgets and the executed budgets are sent or made available, for approval, to the supervisory authority within fifteen days of their adoption by the general meeting,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-22

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, shall publish in the Official Journal of the French Republic the list of candidates authorised to take the test.The date and place of the tests shall be n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reinforced individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-22

Any worker assigned to a post presenting particular risks to his health or safety or to that of his colleagues or third parties in the immediate working environment defined in Article R. 4624-23 shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Seasonal employees.

Article D4625-22

A pre-recruitment medical examination is compulsory for seasonal employees recruited for a period of at least forty-five days of actual work assigned to jobs presenting particular risks as mentioned i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-employment medical examination and vaccinations.

Article R4626-22

Before starting work, the employee undergoes a medical examination by the occupational physician. The occupational physician is informed of the position to which the employee is assigned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-22

The State may pay part of the replacement income paid to employees benefiting from early retirement benefits, in application of a national professional agreement giving entitlement to an exemption fro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article R5132-22

The agreement entered into with the State may be terminated by the Prefect if the intermediary association makes itself available to carry out particularly dangerous work for which it is not possible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-22

To enable the agents of the statistical services of the Minister for Employment designated and authorised by the authority responsible for these services to carry out the operations provided for in 4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-22

When participating in or promoting research involving the human person, particularly in the field of nursing care, nurses must comply with the provisions of Title II of Book I of Part One of this Code…

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