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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of departmental councils.

Article R4142-3

For the renewal by half every three years of the departmental council, the members of this council are divided into two groups, each comprising two pairs of full members and two pairs of deputy member…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-3

When, during the period used for the application of article L. 5422-2, the periods of employment completed for one or more employers covered by article L. 5424-1 and for one or more employers affiliat…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Trainees

Article D6352-32

Trainees at company centres are recruited either from the company's own staff or from candidates put forward by the public employment service. Collective centre trainees are recruited from among candi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Trainees

Article D6352-33

Entry to the course is subject to a medical and psycho-technical examination organised or supervised by the public employment service.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Trainees

Article D6352-34

The remuneration paid by the vocational training centre to the jobseeker replaces the allowance paid in this respect. The trainee is obliged to follow the training course until it ends. A trainee who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R5442-3

Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in article R. 5442-1 are liable, in addition to a fine…

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

Article D6162-3

The term of office of an employee representative ends with each renewal of the medical committee or works council that elected him/her. The term of office of the member appointed by the regional econo…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

I.-Any association participating in a merger, demerger or partial transfer of assets shall make the following documents available to its members, at the registered office or on the association's websi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-3

The Board of Directors is made up of fourteen members: 1° A personality from the business world, chairman, appointed by order of the minister responsible for industrial property for a period of three…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-3

The national police officers referred to in 3° of Article 16 may only be authorised to effectively exercise the powers attached to their status as judicial police officers when they are assigned to a…

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