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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for veterinary students

Article D1511-59

…ans les zones définies à l'article L. 241-13 of the same code, local authorities or their groupings may grant, for the duration of the training period, alone or jointly, the accommodation allowance pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment and terms of office of heads of department, heads of internal structure and heads of functional unit

Article R6146-5

…s of the service, the duties of head of department or head of internal structure or functional unit may be terminated by a joint decision of the director and the chairman of the establishment's medica…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: The safety study

Article R4462-5

…mentioned in article R. 4462-1, within the site of a user company within the meaning of article R. 4511-1, the safety study for this activity is communicated by the employer of the external company to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Availability.

Article R6152-50

Hospital practitioners in an active position in a public health establishment may, with their agreement and while remaining in this statutory position, be made available either to an establishment men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-58

…ment in the first year of the second cycle, the hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 receive remuneration, the annual amount of which is set by order of the ministers responsible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-5

The Minister for Health may withdraw the approval of a committee if the conditions of independence, composition or operation required to carry out its mission in the best possible conditions are no lo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-52

Where investment approval is not required, production approval may also be granted for the production of completed feature films that meet the conditions set out in section 1 of this chapter.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Means of communication and exchange of information

Article L3122-5

…nications and exchanges of information relating to the procedure for awarding a concession contract may be carried out by electronic means, in accordance with the procedures and subject to the excepti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L3221-5

Disparities in pay between establishments in the same company may not, for the same work or for work of equal value, be based on the fact that employees in these establishments belong to one sex or th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-54

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance may submit to the Committee matters of a general or individual nature on which he wishes to seek its opinion.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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