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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Election documents

Article R2122-52

Candidate trade union organisations whose candidacy is published on the website of the Ministry of Labour mentioned in article R. 2122-38 shall file their election propaganda documents on the website…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Application to vary a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment

Article D5141-56

…141-8 for a variation to a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment as part of a national procedure or a mutual recognition procedure for which France acts as the reference Member State is set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-5

…of the forms authorised by Article L. 743-12, or an associative form. This group is responsible for centralising calls and directing them to the relevant registry. The registrars may, under the same c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-394

The provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 6152-813 apply to a contractual practitioner holding a time savings account who has been granted an extension of activity, for all the days register…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-392

…s renewed by tacit agreement for the same period, within the limit mentioned in article R. 6152-814 and subject to medical fitness. The practitioner informs the director of the establishment of his in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-390

The age limit for contract practitioners is sixty-seven.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-393

…cision is taken after a reasoned opinion from the chairman of the establishment's medical committee and the head of the department, on a proposal from the head of the department or, failing that, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-391

…ich the practitioner is assigned, as well as the chairman of the establishment's medical committee, and subject to medical fitness. The decision is taken by the director of the establishment, who noti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-5

At the end of the period referred to in Article 4 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précité, transfers of State taxes represent at least half of the resources allocated by the State to all local au…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-58

…f I of article L. 3121-64: 1° Managers who have autonomy in the organisation of their working hours and whose duties do not require them to follow the collective timetable applicable in the workshop,…

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