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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-8

Alternate members are elected under the same conditions as the full members and in the same ballot.The number of alternate members is set by regulation.These alternate members replace the full members…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-8

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1, establishments or organisations authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may prepare, store, dist…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-8

…rité sociale, the risk management system which they put in place, in accordance with Article L. 354-2, must enable the risks arising from these contracts or activities to be identified, measured, moni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L235-8

…merger or demerger are null and void or if the declaration of conformity referred to in Article L. 236-17 has not been filed. Where it is possible to remedy the irregularity likely to result in nulli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8

…e subject of a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, laying down Community proced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 888-1

The provisions relating to the departmental criminal court are not applicable in the Department of Mayotte.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-8

The officer of the public prosecutor's office to whom an admissible claim is referred shall inform the accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance without delay of the cancellation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles

Article D6241-8

To benefit from the exemption mentioned in IV of article L. 6241-1 for a given month, the company must satisfy the following conditions for the previous month: -its payroll does not exceed six times t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-88

…help of one or more self-employed colleagues, under the conditions set out inarticle 18 of law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. Each of them carries out…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Preventive measures and resources.

Article R4542-8

…the respective positions of the screen, keyboard, documents and accessory equipment to be changed; 2° The document holder is stable and adjustable. It is located in such a way that uncomfortable move…

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