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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Remuneration.

Article L7121-8

…e to the artist on the occasion of the sale or exploitation of the recording of his or her performance or presentation by the employer or any other user is not considered to be salary as soon as the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Salary

Article R1262-8

Allowances specific to the secondment are considered as part of the remuneration. However, the sums paid by way of reimbursement of expenses actually incurred as a result of the secondment mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation

Article R1231-8

…tained.The committee of experts shall carry out all the investigations and consultations it deems necessary to inform its decision. It may request written or oral explanations from the doctor who is t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R2121-8

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2121-14, the deliberations relating to the mayor's administrative account are forwarded by the session chairman to the prefect or sub-pre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R4524-8

The inter-company occupational health and safety committee is convened by the chairman at least once a year or at the request of one-third of its members, giving reasons. Only its members have the rig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R6143-8

…e third of its members. The agenda is drawn up by the Chairman and sent at least seven days in advance to all members of the Supervisory Board and to those who attend in an advisory capacity. In urgen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reduction in working hours.

Article R6152-801

Medical, pharmaceutical and odontological staff, governed by the provisions of sections 1 to 6 of this chapter, benefit from an annual reduction in their working time of 20 days.Where the duties are n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 804

…23 relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions concerning defence, in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

The following are exempt from tax: 1° Special allowances intended to cover expenses inherent to the function or employment and actually used in accordance with their purpose. The remuneration of journ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

…r or, by delegation of the latter, a manager of an internal structure of the department, with the exception of functional units; 2° The dispensing of the medicinal product is reserved for the in-house…

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