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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-48

…ay entail; 2° Disclosing the same procedure to a non-professional audience when its efficacy and safety have not been demonstrated; 3° Misleading the good faith of practitioners or customers by presen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-3

After consultation within the Conseil national de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles, a multi-year agreement concluded between the State, the body managing the unemployment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Exceptional situations involving work performed in a hyperbaric environment

Article R4461-49

…ressures authorised by his hyperbaric fitness certificate, subject to implementing the necessary safety measures as defined in 3° of Article R. 4461-7. He shall record this intervention in the individ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-4

The distribution of competences between local authorities and the State is carried out, as far as possible, by distinguishing those which are the responsibility of the State and those which are devolv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-4

The insurance provided for in article L. 211-1 must include cover for civil liability extending to all the territories of the Member States of the European Community as well as to the territories of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-4

…uncillor to the Martinique Assembly who resigns because he accepts the office of executive councillor. He shall be replaced in the Assembly under the conditions laid down in Article L. 558-32 of the E…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-4

…shall be made by a statement of appeal delivered or addressed to the registry of the court of appeal. When this declaration is made by post, the date of the act of appeal is that of the dispatch. Whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-4

The officers mentioned in article L. 450-1 may visit any premises and seize documents and any data media and, where applicable, the means of decrypting them, which may be held, accessible or available…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-46

…annual report on activities and the sums allocated to cover the expenses mentioned in 5° of article L. 6331-6 is sent to the Government commissioner and the State's general economic and financial cont…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-4

The results of the investigations are set out in a written report. This report shall indicate, in particular, any facts that may constitute violations of the anti-doping rules or a criminal offence. W…

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