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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R920-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of the code are applicable in the Department of Mayotte:1° Book I, with the exception of articles R. 123-171-1,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article D5219-1

The reimbursement of the operating costs of the department made available pursuant to I and II of article L. 5219-12 is based on a unit operating cost for the service, multiplied by the number of oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article A761-11

The first part of the application to the prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 in duplicate: 1° The applicant's unique identification number and the applicant's identity, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other forms of practice.

Article R4322-93

In accordance with the provisions of articles L. 4113-9 and L. 4322-12 of this Code, the practice of the profession of chiropodist, in any form whatsoever, in the service of a company, local authority…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78

I.-The national joint employment committee, or failing that the joint committee of the professional branch, determines the level of funding for the apprenticeship contract depending on the vocational…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R6113-43

The Board deliberates on the agency's work programme and the resources to be used to implement it. It also deliberates on the following matters: 1° The general organisation of the agency and its inter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Care provided to prisoners.

Article R6411-4

The protocol referred to in Article R. 6411-3 defines in particular, in compliance with the regulations to which the prison is subject: 1° The conditions under which the staff of the public health est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-4

The research referred to in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 may only be carried out after a favourable opinion has been obtained from the Committee for the Protection of Individuals referred to in Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-3

Each representative trade union organisation in the company or establishment of at least fifty employees, which forms a trade union section, appoints from among the candidates in the professional elec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-11

A pharmaceutical establishment exporting a medicinal product must ask the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé to certify that it holds the authorisation referred to in…

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