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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-21

The date on which the electoral list is drawn up, the opening and closing dates for the submission of candidacies, the date of the election and the deadline for the receipt of postal votes are set, on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formation, registration and termination of the contract

Article D6325-5

When the professionalisation contract, or the professionalisation action in the case of an open-ended employment contract, is terminated before its term, the employer must notify this termination with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

In the event of redundancies for economic reasons involving fewer than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the employer must inform the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consum…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-8

Failure to comply with the time limits set out in articles D. 546-2 and D. 546-4 of this code and by articles D. 621-10 and D. 621-11 of the Penitentiary Code does not constitute a cause of nullity fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1443-5

For the application of the second paragraph of article D. 1432-17 to La Réunion, the words: "D. 1432-15" are replaced by the words: "D. 1443-3".

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: CONSUMER INSTITUTIONS

Article D824-5

The members of colleges a to h mentioned in 1° of article D. 824-4 are appointed by joint order of the ministers responsible for agriculture, health, the environment and consumer affairs.Their three-y…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authority cultural services

Article D1421-5

In application of the provisions of article L. 1421-4, the rules relating to municipal and inter-municipal libraries are laid down by the provisions of articles D. 320-1 and R. 320-2 of the Heritage C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D8272-2

Any decision taken by the competent authority to refuse or reimburse public aid shall be notified to the Prefect of the department within the jurisdiction of the authority mentioned in article D. 8272…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article D56-2

When the magistrate responsible for the information file orders the separation of detainees due to the requirements of the information, his instructions shall be specified in the individual notice pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Anaesthesia.

Article D6124-95

The means mentioned in 1° of article D. 6124-94 enable the following functions to be carried out for each patient: 1° Continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythm and electrocardioscopic tracing ; 2° Monit…

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