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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-9

The staircases extend to the evacuation level to the outside. The walls and steps do not contain cladding materials classified, according to their reaction to fire, in a category lower than that speci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-9

For premises located in basements where the number of people exceeds one hundred, clearances are determined on the basis of the number of people calculated as follows: 1° The number of people is round…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appointment.

Article R4623-9

When the workforce of a company, establishment or inter-company occupational health and prevention service corresponds to the employment of a single full-time or part-time occupational physician, seve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-9

Samples are taken in such a way that the three samples are, as far as possible, identical. The necessary measures are taken to ensure that samples are transported under conditions that guarantee their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-9

Any substantial amendment to the trial must be the subject of a prior additional declaration by the sponsor sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt to the Director General of the Agenc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter X: Authorised bodies for the collection of private copy levies

Article R329-8

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 329-7, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-9

The request shall contain all information relevant to the investigation of the claim for compensation, and in particular the indication: 1° The surname, first names, date and place of birth and reside…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1b: General provisions relating to the hosting of personal health data

Article R1111-8-8

I. - The activity of hosting personal health data referred to in I of Article L. 1111-8 consists of hosting personal health data collected in the course of prevention, diagnosis, care or social and me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Coordination of regional cooperation between the French West Indies and French Guiana

Article R*4433-29

The consultation body established by article L. 4433-4-7 is called the Antilles-Guyane regional cooperation conference. The conference is informed of the cooperation policies and programmes conducted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-8

For the employers' college, the determination of the number of seats in each section of each of the industrial tribunals, defined in article L. 1441-4, takes into account the number of member companie…

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