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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of persons likely to to contribute to the care system

Article D4113-124

The national councils of the professional orders send the body responsible for managing the register referred to in article D. 4113-118 a monthly update of the data resulting from the operations provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article D2252-1

The provisions of articles D. 1511-30 to D. 1511-35 are applicable to communes.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Economic and social measures

Article D4253-1

The provisions of articles D. 1511-30 to D. 1511-35 are applicable to the regions.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3141-1

Any employer who employs an employee to do paid work during the period set for his statutory leave, even outside the company, shall be deemed not to have given the statutory leave, without prejudice t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-17

The original minutes of the voting and counting operations with its appendices, the media files including the copy of the source programmes and executable programmes, the count, results and backup fil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-1

The sentenced person whose sentence is suspended pursuant to Article 720-1-1 is placed under the supervision of the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge pursuant to the provisions of art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma.

Article D4351-10

The amount of the annual registration fees required of candidates for the State diploma in medical electroradiology manipulator studying in a training institute belonging to a public health establishm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma.

Article D4351-11

The training institutes authorised to provide education leading to the State diploma are responsible for implementing the admission procedures under the supervision of the directors general of the reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article D2512-15-13

The Parisian council for safety and the prevention of delinquency and the fight against drugs, sectarian aberrations and violence against women and the delinquency prevention plan applicable in Paris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Centres d'animation, de ressources et d'information sur la formation-observatoires régionaux de l'emploi et de la formation (regional employment and training coordination, resource and information centres)

Article D6123-1-1

As part of its mission to provide a public vocational guidance and training service, the Centre d'animation, de ressources et d'information sur la formation-observatoire régional de l'emploi et de la…

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