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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-27

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-26, the following provisions apply: 1° The maximum duration of the leave is three months, renewable within the limit mentioned in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-26

In order to implement an employee's right to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-16, a branch agreement or convention or, failing that, a company agreement or convention shall determine:1° The ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-4

The activities referred to in articles L. 2112-2 and L. 2112-3 are managed either directly or by means of an agreement with other public authorities or non-profit private legal entities; they are orga…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3411-4

Screening for viral hepatitis and vaccination against these viruses are free and anonymous when carried out in an addiction care, support and prevention centre. Expenditure relating to these activitie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-1

Healthcare professionals practising within the systems referred to in articles L. 1411-11-1 or L. 1434-12, who are signatories to an interprofessional agreement with the health insurance organisations…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-6

Elections to the Board shall be by a majority of the members present or having voted by post or electronically. A majority of the members present shall elect the Chairman and the Executive Committee.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-8

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1, establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may prepare, store, dist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-10

The person responsible for the activities referred to in Articles L. 4211-8 and L. 4211-9 must be a pharmacist, a doctor or a person authorised to practise as a doctor or pharmacist, or a person with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-3-1

Medical electroradiology manipulators may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions recognising a state of natural disaster

Article D125-1-1

The rules governing the right to communication of administrative documents on which decisions are based to recognise or not to recognise a municipality as being in a state of natural disaster are laid…

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