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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations

Article R783-1

I. - The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R5315-9

…and financial control, in accordance with the conditions laid down by Decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 on State control of national public companies and certain bodies with an economic or social pur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-44

The Director shall draw up the financial account and submit it to the Supervisory Board for approval by 31 May of the following financial year at the latest, accompanied by:1° A report drawn up by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Powers of investigation in public health matters

Article L1544-8-1

…L. 1421-3 for the performance of their duties, in the version resulting from Order No 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to health product…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European standardised information sheet

Article R313-7

…ntermediary, particularly where the articles mentioned in the previous paragraph or articles R. 314-19 to R. 314-21, may be attached as an annex to the European standardised information sheet.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-20

…necessary, lay down the procedures by which the alerts referred to in articles D. 224-18 and D. 224-19 may be voluntarily made available to the administrative authority responsible for competition and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-2

…cle L. 4741-1, which has caused death or injury under the conditions defined in articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the French Penal Code or, unintentionally, injury, blows or illnesses not resulting…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operational preparation for employment

Article L6326-4

…yee recruited under a fixed-term or open-ended contract concluded in application of article L. 5134-19-1, or under a fixed-term contract concluded in application of article L. 1242-3 with an employer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-26

…ells or the cell therapy preparations are accompanied by the documents mentioned in Article R. 1211-19 and Article R. 1211-22-2 and in the rules of good practice provided for in Article L. 1245-6, whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-8

…ent of non-compliance with the identification obligations defined in articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19, to carry out dust measurements, to monitor the state of conservation of materials, to implement…

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