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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of biological samples

Article R1245-30

The biological samples referred to in the third paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5-1 may be obtained in a Member State of the European Union or supplied to a Member State of the European Union or im…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D5334-3

…ve; 6° The departmental director of social cohesion or the departmental director of social cohesion and population protection or their representative; 7° The departmental director of youth and sports…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Coordinating doctors

Article R3711-3

…he criminal record; 4° Have not been subject to any of the sanctions mentioned in article L. 4124-6 andarticle L. 145-2 of the Social Security Code, for acts contrary to honour, probity or morality, o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-33

The decisions of the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance and the orders of its president are notified by the court registry to the practitioner being prosecuted and, where applicable, to his lawyer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-3

…the same decision, the court finds that the conditions mentioned in article L. 1143-2 have been met and rules on the defendant's liability in the light of the individual cases presented by the claiman…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article L3132-3

…available to it, if a natural or legal person is injured by an act mentioned in articles L. 3131-2 and L. 3131-4, it may, within two months of the date on which the act became enforceable, request th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Termination of the breach

Article 849-3

…a specially reasoned decision setting out the terms of the assignment entrusted to the third party and the time limit within which the third party is to report back to the judge. The third party is c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Introduction of a foreign worker.

Article L5221-3

Foreign nationals wishing to enter France in order to work in an employed capacity and who wish to settle there on a long-term basis must prove that they have sufficient knowledge of the French langua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Occupational health inspector.

Article L8123-3

…bour inspectors are authorised to take samples for analysis purposes, particularly of the materials and products used.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Preliminary provisions

Article R1143-3

…order of the judge: 1° Two health professional experts, proposed by the Chairman of the Commission and taken from one of the lists drawn up by the Cour de cassation and the Courts of Appeal in applic…

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