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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council

Article R4642-8

…ing rights, appointed on the proposal of the Managing Director of the Agency, chosen from among competent and recognised figures in the Agency's field of activity: a) Six prominent figures from the wo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article R6523-23

The Comité de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelle is composed, in addition to the representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin and the President of the Co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-9

…rm manager shall reject applications for registration, modification or deregistration that do not meet the conditions set out in Articles R. 522-24-4 et R. 522-24-6. The rejection specifies the reason…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-11

…nd of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5121-51-8 and R. 5121-51-9, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicamen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article R111-1

…raph 3) of the Intellectual Property Code shall be paid to whichever of the following bodies is competent due to its statutory purpose, the nature of the work and the intended method of exploitation:…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-7

…cle L. 356-12, insurance or reinsurance undertakings shall apply either the general principles and methods mentioned in Articles L. 356-6 to L. 356-10 and L. 356-15 to L. 356-24 at the level of the pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-3

I.-Declarations of interest are drawn up and updated, in accordance with the specifications set out in the standard document provided for in II of article R. 1451-2, by electronic declaration on a sin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Managing Director.

Article R5322-14

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is appointed for a period of three years, renewable once. He manages the establishment. He performs all…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-24

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-8

I. - The association's General Meeting is convened at least once a year under the conditions set out in article R. 141-4 in order, for each of the plans subscribed by the association: 1° To approve th…

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