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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2-1

…s work with health centres and health centres to implement the pathway referred to in 7° of article L. 6323-1-1 and in the last paragraph of article L. 6323-3. To this end, they may refer the child's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1-2

…an Economic Area may carry out, on behalf of a pharmacy holding the licence provided for in Article L. 5125-18, the activity of subcontracting preparations provided for in the second paragraph of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-2

For companies operating at least one facility on the list provided for in Article L. 515-36of the Environment Code, the report mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 225-100 of this code:-inf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-2-1

A chiropodist may use his evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evidence of fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2-4

…articular to study the implementation of the individual adaptation measures provided for in article L. 4624-3, organised at the initiative of the worker, the treating physician, the health insurance m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-3 (art. A212-195)

Aptitude test A.-"Underwater diving" section of the BP JEPS 1. Technical safety test. The technical safety test comprises four tests which take place in the following chronological order, each test be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-2-1

As part of the tasks entrusted to mayors as agents of the State, the municipalities are responsible for: 1° Receiving and entering applications for national identity cards and passports and issuing th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-1

…a collective agreement may determine the content of the job protection plan mentioned in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63 , as well as the procedures for consulting the social and economic committe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-10-2

…y avail themselves of the measures granted to the debtor pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 611-7 or the second paragraph of Article L. 611-10-1 as well as the provisions of the recorded or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

The contract authorising the communication to the public of a work on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the tr…

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