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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Worker information and training

Article R4452-20

…posed to artificial optical radiation exceeding the exposure limit values defined in articles R. 4452-5 and R. 4452-6. The leaflet is intended to inform workers of the risks to which their work may ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-4

The beneficiaries of a loan granted by a specialised professional fund may be :1° Sole proprietorships or legal entities governed by private law primarily engaged in a commercial, industrial, agricult…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-20

…ceases to fulfil the conditions or respect the obligations mentioned in 4°, 5° and 6° of article R. 7232-17 or who repeatedly fails to respect the obligations defined in article R. 7232-19 , after for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care without consent

Article R6123-200

…be authorised for "child and adolescent psychiatry". Exceptionally, a minor over the age of sixteen may be cared for by a holder of both the "care without consent" and "adult psychiatry" authorisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-21

…most representative departmental emergency medical transport association referred to in article R. 6312-20 and after obtaining the opinion of the medical transport sub-committee, the Director General…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Working conditions.

Article L1251-21

…itions under which the work is performed include, exhaustively, those relating to:1° working hours ;2° night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° work by women, child…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duty to provide information

Article R8124-21

Labour inspectors provide users with administrative documents in accordance with articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-14 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-23

The awarding of contracts shall give rise to a special report to the Board of Directors at its next meeting, with the exception of those for which the amount is less than a sum set by the Board.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-23

…national reference centre for the control of transmissible diseases as referred to in Article L. 1413-3 is automatically included on the list referred to in the first paragraph of Article D. 6211-19.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-25

In the case of vehicles belonging to a foreign State, the evidence provided for in article R. 211-23 may be replaced by the production of a certificate stating that the vehicle belongs to that State a…

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