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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-14

…heir appointment. They are free to determine how the expert assessment is to be conducted. Notwithstanding articles 160 and 276 of the Code of Civil Procedure, they are not required to summon the part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-17

If the judge decides to release the patient and the public prosecutor considers that he has no reason to oppose this release, the latter returns the order to the judge who issued it, stating that he h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-1

The High Council deliberates on:1° The annual budget and its amendments during the year;2° The financial account and the allocation of the results;3° The accounting and financial regulations, which ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-13

…ist of the names of the representatives of the external undertakings on the extended health, safety and working conditions committee in the same place as that reserved for the information mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-10

…e employees or, as the case may be, of the management of his company to the extended health, safety and working conditions committee of the user company, in accordance with the procedures laid down in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-12

…ives of the external undertakings designated in accordance with the procedures laid down in article R. 4523-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-11

…who are due to work there regularly during the next twelve months.They are appointed by the social and economic committee set up in their establishment.If there is no social and economic committee, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks of the agency and its network

Article R4642-1

…Conditions) is a national public administrative body under the supervision of the Minister for Labour. As part of the tasks entrusted to it pursuant to Article L. 4642-1, the Agency carries out action…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-14

The allocation of financial aid is the subject of an agreement between the Minister for Employment and the organisation or establishment concerned. Any other subsidies that the centre may receive are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-1

…ating to the free movement of workers. II - The application for a work permit is made by the employer. However, if it concerns an employee temporarily seconded by a company not established in France,…

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