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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: National Fire and Rescue Services Conference

Article R 1424-59

The Conférence nationale des services d'incendie et de secours is made up of forty-three full members appointed by order of the minister in charge of civil protection as follows: a) One Member of Parl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Revenue, imprest and imprest accounts of local authorities and their public establishments (R)

Article R1617-5-1

…nterim imprest administrator is appointed:1° In the event of the imprest administrator ceasing to hold office, pending the appointment of a new titular imprest administrator;2° When the imprest admini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Branch agreements and professional agreements

Article R2232-1-5

Payment by the fund provided for in article L. 2232-8 is made on the basis of a lump sum per day or half-day of employee participation. For the purposes of reimbursement by the fund, the employer shal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-10-1

…surance undertakings to finance the intervention of the guarantee fund in the event of the withdrawal of authorisation of an insurance undertaking covering, in the territory of the French Republic, ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

I. - The body referred to in article L. 1411-5-1 is called the Agency System Coordination Committee.It is chaired by the Director General for Health.II. - In addition to its Chairman, the Committee co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: The profession of genetic counsellor

Article L1132-1

The genetic counsellor, under the responsibility of a doctor qualified in genetics, participates within a multidisciplinary team :1° Providing information and advice to persons and their families who…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L423-1

The producer shall provide the consumer with useful information enabling him to assess and guard against the risks inherent in a product during its normal or reasonably foreseeable period of use, wher…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of risks of exposure to ionising radiation.

Article L4451-1

The rules for preventing risks to the health and safety of workers, including self-employed workers and employers, exposed to ionising radiation are laid down in compliance with the general principles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L952-1

In articles L. 225-177, L. 225-179 and L. 233-11, the words: "the date of publication of Law no. 2001-420 of 15 May 2001 on new economic regulations" are replaced by the words: "the date of publicatio…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-13

The conditions for the application of articles L. 341-8 to L. 341-12 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In particular, this decree defines the general rules governing the policing and operation…

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