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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import and export for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1235-5

Any establishment or body which imports or exports organs for therapeutic purposes, including biomedical research within the meaning of Article L. 1121-1, shall ensure that these organs have been remo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National Committee for Medical Assessment.

Article D1414-50

The National Committee for Medical Evaluation comprises :1° The President of the Académie nationale de médecine ;2° The President of the Ordre National des Médecins ;3° The President of the Conference…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-63

At his request, an employee who is a member of a labour tribunal and who carries out his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 14…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-6

The following is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500: 1° Failing to comply with a formal notice issued pursuant to Article L. 1333-31 ; 2° Failing to communicate, in applicatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-62

Other legal entities whose registration is provided for by the provisions of 5° of Article L. 123-1 declare the information provided for in articles R. 123-54 to R. 123-59. The information required ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-6

In the case provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-1, medical professionals from health establishments, armed forces hospitals and other elements of the armed forces health service, as well as health c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2313-6

For the application of article L. 2313-1, the budget documents of the caisses des écoles remain deposited at the head office of the public establishment. For the school funds of municipalities with 3,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for leave

Article R6422-6

An employee who has benefited from a leave of absence to carry out actions to validate acquired experience may not claim, in the same company, to benefit from a new leave of absence for the same purpo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Career development advice

Article R6111-5

I.-When the Minister responsible for vocational training notes that the institutions and bodies mentioned in 1° bis of Article L. 5311-4 and Article L. 5314-1, Pôle emploi and the institution responsi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Composition and operation of the committee of experts on the specific rules applicable to the compensation of intermittent performing artists and technicians.

Article D5424-66

…ses of the body responsible for managing the unemployment insurance scheme mentioned in Article L. 5427-1 or its representative; 5° Four qualified persons appointed by joint order of the Minister for…

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