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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34

…ng a State diploma as a doctor of medicine; 2° A person holding a State diploma as a nursery nurse; 3° A person holding a State diploma as an educator of young children; 4° Any person with three years…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations.

Article D*351-4

The competent administrative authority referred to in article D. 351-3 is the Minister for the Economy.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National biovigilance system

Article R1211-32

…ence de la biomédecine; 2° The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé; 3° The following establishments or organisations: a) Establishments and organisations authorised to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Transport.

Article L4413-3

The Ile-de-France region defines regional travel policy, in compliance with the guidelines of the master plan for the Ile-de-France region provided for by Article L. 123-1 of the town planning code an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article D1110-3-3

Consent is obtained by each professional mentioned in Article D. 1110-3-1, by any means, including in electronic form, except where this is impossible or urgent. In this case, consent is collected whe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R363-3

…es to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in the collectivity;3° In article R. 311-1, after the words: "the Minister responsible for immigration", the words: "the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity to bid

Article R322-39

…rainee debtor; 2° Court officers who have intervened in any capacity whatsoever in the proceedings; 3° Magistrates of the court before which the sale is being conducted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-305

…in terms of professional qualification or when it does not transmit the information provided for in 3° of article R. 123-279 within the required timeframe, or when, in the event of a change in situati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-33

The employee shall send a copy of the certificate proving his holiday entitlement to the paid holiday fund provided for in subsection 3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-5

I. - Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 of this Code…

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