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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Election and composition

Article L7224-4

I. - The regime of incompatibilities concerning councillors to the Martinique Assembly remains applicable to a councillor to the Martinique Assembly who resigns because he accepts the office of execut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-40

When a user undertaking has recourse to an employee of a temporary employment undertaking in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-7, L. 1251-10, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-12-1, L. 1251-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-11

When the head of the user company calls on an external company or a self-employed worker, he shall ensure the general coordination of the prevention measures he takes and those taken by the head of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article L5217-12-4

The president of the metropolitan council keeps the accounts for the commitment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article LO6432-4-1

The office of President of the Territorial Council is incompatible with the office of member of an independent administrative authority or an independent public authority created by the State.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the State and the Regions

Article L114-4

The State is responsible for : 1° The remuneration of State employees working in sports resource, expertise and performance centres, subject to article L. 114-6 ; 2° Supervision of athletes and traine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-4

Only the Wallis and Futuna Health Agency may be authorised to carry out operations involving the collection of blood or its components, the biological qualification of donations, and the preparation,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1532-4

In the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, the representative of the State may, by order, suspend or prohibit the processing, import, export, distribution, transfer or use of an element or prod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-4

The Etablissement français du sang instituted in Chapter II of Title II of Book II of this Part may enter into technical cooperation agreements with the authorities of New Caledonia or French Polynesi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-4

The Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens is composed of twenty-six members: 1° Two professors or senior lecturers from pharmacy training and research units who are active pharmacists, appointed…

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