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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition.

Article R4532-82

Companies which are not expected to employ at least ten workers on the site for at least four weeks are not required to take part in the work of the inter-company college, provided that they do not ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-8

Any modification of the information contained in the initial import and export authorisation application dossier, concerning the nature or origin of the products, as well as the substantial modificati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Sports associations in the workplace

Article L121-8

Physical and sports activities are organised by a company sports association or an association of several companies. This association is set up in accordance with article L. 121-1 of this Code and art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General powers

Article L2312-80

The social and economic committee ensures or supervises the management of physical or sporting activities and may decide to participate in their financing. It also issues an opinion on the conclusion…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-8

When carrying out a risk assessment, the employer shall take into consideration : 1° The origin and characteristics of the electromagnetic field emissions present in the workplace ; 2° The exposure li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Historic buildings

Article D1421-8

In application of the provisions of article L. 1421-8, the rules relating to the custody and conservation of movable objects classified as historic monuments owned, assigned or deposited by local auth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-8

As long as the proceedings concerned have not been closed by a decision adopted by the Autorité de la concurrence on the basis of I of article L. 464-2 and articles L. 462-8, L. 464-3, L. 464-6 or L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1232-8

The Chief Executive Officer has the following responsibilities: 1° He prepares the deliberations of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are carried out or has them carried out; 3° He is the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific arrangements for enhanced individual monitoring

Article R4451-83

I.-The occupational health medical file referred to in Article L. 4624-8 for each worker is completed by : 1° The individual assessment of exposure to ionising radiation provided by the employer under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-8

As stated in Article 511-19-3 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below:Art. 511-19-3: Importing or exporting embryonic stem cells for research purposes without having obtained the authorisation r…

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