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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-43

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles R. 6341-39 to R. 6341-42, the payment of remuneration payable by the State may be made by the training establishments or centres when they are subj…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-42

The liquidation and payment of sums due to trainees at the end of a training period by way of balance of remuneration and, where applicable, compensation for paid leave, are carried out under the same…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-47

If the trainee abandons the placement without legitimate reason or is dismissed for gross misconduct, the remuneration received by the trainee and the remuneration that has been reimbursed to the empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligation to report.

Article R5133-4

Manufacturers, importers and distributors of reagents, as well as users, and in particular medical biology analysis laboratories, shall transmit to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-4

Members of the Board of Directors who fall under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6162-8 are automatically declared to have resigned by the Director General of the Regi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-4

At the request of the Minister for Health, the Agency acquires, manufactures, imports, stores, transports, distributes and exports the products and services needed to protect the population from serio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-49

Each test includes :1° Where applicable, informing the person in charge of the test of the athlete's use of the health products defined in Article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code, in particular me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-4

The following are required to apply without delay the freezing measures and prohibitions on making available or using the assets provided for in this chapter and in Articles L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-40

The registration of plant variety certificates in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates takes place in the order of their issue. The registration includes:the serial number under which t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-42

The operational regulations referred to in article L. 1424-4 are drawn up by the prefect, following the opinion of the departmental territorial social committee, the administrative and technical commi…

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