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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Protectors and protective devices

Article R4324-7

…down in this chapter, in particular the characteristics of the guards provided for in articles R. 4324-1 to R. 4324-3, are specified as necessary by orders issued by the Minister for Labour or the Min…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-7

Doctors must listen to, examine, advise and treat all persons with the same conscience, whatever their origin, morals and family situation, their membership or non-membership of a particular ethnic gr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78

…e training centres to be financed by skills operators under the conditions set out in article R. 6332-25. II.This level of funding includes the following administrative management and production costs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-7

…members of the Board of Directors, with the exception of those mentioned in 3° and 4° of article R. 7345-1, and the Managing Director may not acquire or retain any interest in, or hold any office in,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-7

…ive care for sick or injured children in a paediatric emergency unit mentioned in 3° of article R. 6123-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R6223-79

…rsons practising the profession of medical biologist may, under the conditions laid down inarticle 31-1 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, set up a "société de participations financières de profe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2333-71

…after deduction of a deduction for reimbursement costs, according to the uses defined in article L. 2333-68. The provisions of this article apply to the metropolis of Lyon, subject to the provisions o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals receiving a pension for an accident at work or occupational disease

Article L426-7

The heirs of a foreign national receiving a death pension for an accident at work or occupational disease paid by a French body will be issued with a ten-year resident's card subject to lawful residen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals subject to an obligation to leave French territory or a prohibition on returning to French territory

Article L722-7

The effective removal of a foreign national who is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may not take place before the expiry of the time limit for challenging thi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Presenting the foreign national to the consular authorities

Article L733-7

When the voluntary obstruction of the foreign national referred to in article L. 733-6 prevents him or her from being taken to the consular authorities, the administrative authority may, after duly no…

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