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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-5

The interview(s) provided for in article R. 6152-630-3 focus mainly on : 1° The reasons for the request and the principle of the contractual termination ; 2° Setting the date on which the contract wil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-5-1

The first president of the court of appeal and the public prosecutor, together with the presidents of the judicial courts and the public prosecutors within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, org…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-5

The accounts of the High Council are drawn up in accordance with the rules of the general chart of accounts. This may be subject to adaptations proposed by the Chairman of the High Council after consu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-3

Everyone has the right to receive treatment and care aimed at relieving their suffering. In all circumstances, this suffering must be prevented, taken into account, assessed and treated. The doctor mu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-5

The compassionate prescribing framework drawn up by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé states in particular, for each medicinal product: 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

The administrative authority shall notify the employer of the validation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Changes to the basis of an application for divorce

Article 247-2

If the plaintiff files for divorce on the grounds of permanent impairment of the marriage bond and the defendant counterclaims for divorce on the grounds of fault, the plaintiff may invoke the faults…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Insurance scheme

Article L351-5-1

The contributions provided for in articles L. 321-4-2, L. 351-3-1 and L. 351-14 are collected and monitored by the bodies responsible for collection mentioned in article L. 351-21 on behalf of the bod…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-5

If the needs of the customs investigation relating to the investigation and detection of customs offences as provided for in the last paragraph ofArticle 414, the third paragraph ofArticle 414-2 andAr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-5-1

In the absence of a collective agreement at branch or company level setting out guaranteed changes in the remuneration of the employees mentioned in 1° to 7° of article L. 2411-1 and in articles L. 21…

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