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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the duties of director of an establishment or service for the care of young children may be carried out by : 1° A person holding a State diploma as a doctor of medi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Substitution of the user for the modelling agency in the event of insufficient security

Article R7123-38

In the event of insufficient security, the user is substituted for the modelling agency for the payment of the sums defined in article R. 7123-20 which remain due by the agency in respect of the servi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Substitution of the user for the modelling agency in the event of insufficient security

Article R7123-39

The employees and the social security bodies have a direct claim against the user thus substituted for the sums still owed to the modelling agency by this user for the provision of the employees.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

In relation to the base of dispersion constituted by the difference between the total amount of the regulated commitments mentioned in Article R. 331-1, all currencies combined, and the total amount o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 2° References to the court of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R655-3

For the application of this book to French Polynesia: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the high commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 2° References to the court o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-3

By way of derogation from article R. 5122-2, the employer has a period of thirty days from the date on which the employees are placed on partial activity to send his request by any means giving a cert…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R50-39

In the cases provided for in 3° of Article 706-25-4, notification is made by the public prosecutor in accordance with the procedures described in the third paragraph of Article R. 50-38.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Voting Operations Committee

Article R7343-33

The Commission des opérations de vote is responsible for: 1° Giving an opinion on the conformity of the electoral propaganda documents of the candidate organisations and ensuring that the documents re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-35

The activities of assistant pharmacists include : 1° In pharmacies and pharmacies run by mutual benefit societies or mining aid societies, the activities mentioned in articles L. 5125-1, L. 5125-2 and…

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