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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-12

When the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment decides to grant the employer an extension, he shall notify the employer of his decision, by any means that con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative appeal

Article R1253-12

The decision to object may be appealed to the Regional Director of Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. Where the monitoring of compliance with labour regulations by members o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-12

After two rounds of voting in which none of the candidates has obtained an absolute majority of the members present, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman is elected in the third round by a relative majority.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-12

In the absence of member companies to determine the distribution of seats between the professional organisations for a given section, the member companies and the employees they employ are taken into…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-12

The secretariat of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie is provided by the services of the Minister of Labour.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional rules

Article R1132-12

The genetic counsellor provides the persons who consult him with all the information and explanations required in a complete, appropriate, intelligible and fair manner based on precise and validated s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-12

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles D. 1221-6 to D. 1221-8, an order of the Minister for Health lays down the conditions under which, in order to meet overriding therapeutic needs or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-12

The response to the request to query the register is sent by an official of the Agence de la biomédecine expressly authorised for this purpose by the Director General of this establishment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1233-12

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, army hospitals shall be deemed to be public health establishments. For these hospitals, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers of the Dire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1235-12

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to army hospitals. For these hospitals, the Minister for Defence shall exercise the powers of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.

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