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Showing 30713080 of 5132 articles for Art. 13 nov. 1997

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

…6331-1 may use his personal training account in application of article 22 ter of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants. When the public entity pays the contri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…deconcentration and various measures to simplify local public action L. 5711-2 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-3 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-5 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23

…single personnel register for each employee, as mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 1221-13, are as follows: 1° Nationality; 2° Date of birth; 3° Sex; 4° Job; 5° Qualifications; 6° Dates of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-18

The holder of the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1131-13 is required to declare to the competent regional health agency and to the Agence de la biomédecine, the names of the approved practiti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-18

…greements entered into pursuant to the second, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs of article R. 515-13; 6° The annual amount of loans to be contracted by the Agency; 7° The projected statement of oper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

…section C or section E in the case of establishments referred to in 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 9°, 10° and 13° of article R. 5142-1. 5142-1 and on the register of section C or section E in the case of establ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 23: Animal feed

Article R412-39

…aph 4 of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, as amended, on the placing on the market and use of feed, and the annexes thereto.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-114

…12-1 granted for an imported medicinal product or a copy of the authorisation referred to in 12° or 13° of article L. 5121-1 must be presented at the time of inspection by customs officers.For importe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personnel.

Article L5323-4

…ependence.The aforementioned employees are subject to articles 25 to 25 octies of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 relating to the rights and obligations of civil servants.Persons who occasionally colla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-1

…of II of article L. 5126-7, of II of article L. 5141-10, of the last paragraph of article L. 5141-13-1, of the fourth paragraph of article L. 5143-2, of II of article L. 5146-1 and of II of article…

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