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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-5

I. - The rights of access and rectification provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 may be exercised with the health establishment or the medical-psychologic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-26

When the performance of the following services requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of biological limit values

Article R4412-32

When informed by the occupational physician that a biological limit value for a chemical agent hazardous to health has been exceeded, under the conditions laid down in Article R. 4412-51-1, the employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-31

I.-The entity responsible for issuing the unique identifiers referred to in II of Article L. 3512-23 is designated by order of the Minister for Customs. II.-The Minister responsible for customs shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of the intervention.

Article R4543-16

When organising the work referred to in article R. 4543-15, the head of the company carrying out the work defines the operating procedures appropriate to the technology of the equipment and its enviro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-14

The provisions of articles R. 5125-15 to R. 5125-24 govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions

Article D6324-1

The retraining or promotion by work-linked training referred to in article L. 6324-1 is carried out in accordance with the procedures and duration laid down in articles L. 6325-11 to L. 6325-15, with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Expenditure on tutoring and teacher training for apprenticeship masters

Article D6332-92

The hourly ceiling and the maximum duration provided for in 4° of article L. 6332-14 of the expenses incurred for training initiatives in the capacity of tutor or apprenticeship master for each employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of discretion, secrecy and confidentiality

Article R8124-23

Employees are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions laid down by law. Inspection officers and prevention engineers are prohibited from disclosing any manufacturing secrets or operating pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electronic offers and promotions

Article L132-26

Any breach of the obligations mentioned in articles L. 122-8 and L. 122-9 relating to promotional offers and operations by electronic means is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros…

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