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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-17

In the event of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-19

The competent delegated federations shall impose sanctions on sports agents, licence-holders and affiliated associations and companies in the event of : 1° Failure to notify : a) the contracts referre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 15: Sweeping tax

Article D2333-139

For the application of article L. 2333-97 du code général des collectivités territoriales, la direction générale des finances publiques transmitte à la commune, ou, le cas échéant, à l'établissement p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-17

The territorial collectivity of Corsica is substituted for the State in the latter's rights and obligations concerning the operation of rail transport. It receives budgetary support from the State in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-13

Following the establishment of a new Community herbal monograph or the revision of an existing monograph, the registration holder shall submit a request for amendment of the registration dossier to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions specific to the modality: "external radiotherapy, brachytherapy".

Article D6124-133-10

The weekly follow-up and the arrangements for coordinating the follow-up of the patient after treatment provided for in 3° and the fifth paragraph of article R. 6123-93 are recorded in the patient's m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-10

The authorisation holder has an organisation enabling it to record in writing, in order to ensure traceability, referrals of patients for the continuation of systemic cancer drug treatments close to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-10

The constitutive agreement specifies the number and distribution of seats and determines the election and appointment procedures within the grouping's unified nursing, rehabilitation and medico-techni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts which may be performed by ambulance drivers in the context of emergency medical assistance

Article R6311-17

I.-In the context of the care of patients by the emergency medical assistance services and the services contributing to emergency medical assistance mentioned in article L. 6311-2, ambulance drivers w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

Where no sports federation has been delegated responsibility for a particular sport, the powers conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15,…

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