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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-11

A budget controller shall exercise control over the bodies provided for in Article D. 5427-4 in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Decree no. 55-763 of 26 May 1955.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-11

Home detention with electronic monitoring is treated in the same way as pre-trial detention for the purposes of counting its full duration against that of a custodial sentence, in accordance with Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-8

Persons recruited under article R. 113-4 are classified in the normal grade for their category, taking into account their professional experience, diplomas and qualifications held or obtained in respe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-8

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6132-4, the army hospitals on the list provided for in article L. 6147-7 are subject to the certification provided for in article L. 6113-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-20

…cle R. 321-18 are eligible to sit the examination for admission to the training course mentioned in 4° of that article..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-22

…oyers operating in the professional field(s) of the professional consultative commission concerned; 4° Six representatives of the State, including: a) One representative appointed by the Minister resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Article R1413-23

…es, professional unions, associations and learned societies or any other economic or social player; 4° To issue an opinion, at the request of the Director General or on its own initiative, on any spec…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…article L. 2113-5, the word "other" is deleted;3° In article L. 2113-8, the word "other" is deleted;4° In article L. 2113-12, the references to articles L. 5213-13 of the Labour Code and L. 344-2 of t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 427

…zone of the customs radius, in the case of ships of less than 100 net tonnage or 500 gross tonnage; 4° the registration, fraudulent or otherwise, without prior completion of customs formalities, of au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit guarantee mechanism and resolution funding mechanism

Article L312-4-1

…ancial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies as defined in article L. 517-1 ; 4° Electronic money institutions for deposits made in their own name and on their own account;5° Pay…

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