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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-50

Young workers certified in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 4544-9 may carry out operations on electrical installations or operations of an electrical or non-electrical nature in the vicin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-51

Young workers may be assigned to drive self-propelled mobile work equipment and work equipment used for lifting if they have received the training provided for in Article R. 4323-55 and if they hold t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-52

Young workers are authorised to be assigned to work involving manual handling within the meaning of Article R. 4541-2 exceeding 20% of their weight if they have been found medically fit for such work.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4331-5

The amount of the annual registration fees required of candidates for the State diploma in occupational therapy studying in a training institute belonging to a public health establishment is set by or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-5

In the event of a conviction based on one of the offences defined in articles L. 335-2 to L. 335-4-2, the court may order the total or partial, permanent or temporary closure, for a maximum period of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-5

…regularly if it includes, in addition to its chairman, at least one representative of the insurers and one representative of the taxable persons. When the insurance undertaking from which the underwr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-57

…tion may take into account the financial instruments used by undertakings: a) In which, on the one hand, the undertaking has invested an amount in excess of 0.5% of the dispersion base defined in the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment arrangements

Article L2191-5

…cts awarded by the State, its public establishments, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reports

Article D4622-54

I.-The director of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service draws up the annual activity report referred to in article L. 4622-16, which is presented to the inter-company committee…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-5

The percentage of activity referred to in this section shall be determined by taking into account the average total turnover or any other appropriate activity-based parameter, such as costs incurred,…

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