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Showing 38613870 of 18855 articles for Art. CE 8-7-2005 n° 253291

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Grafting activities referred to in Article R. 6122-25

Article R6123-80

The health establishment authorised to carry out organ transplant or haematopoietic cell injection activities provides medical care for patients before and after the transplant or injection procedure.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency medical facilities

Article D6124-8

…ure the medical availability referred to in article D. 6124-3, a roster of doctors in private practice is drawn up each month and validated by the coordinating doctor of the emergency structure, then…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special temporary assignments for doctors and engineers

Article R8123-8

The medical advisors to the Labour Inspectorate, provided for in Article L. 8123-6, are chosen from a list drawn up by decree after consulting the Conseil d'Orientation des Conditions de Travail.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Respective rights and duties of management and staff under their authority

Article R8124-8

All employees shall comply with the instructions received from their hierarchical superior. The provisions of the first paragraph apply without prejudice to article 28 of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-8

The responsible authority shall keep the decisions transmitted by the court registries for a period of five years before destroying them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory recovery of wages and allowances due to foreign employees not authorised to work

Article R8252-8

For any foreign employee placed in administrative detention, under house arrest or who is no longer on national territory, the Director General of the Office will remind the employer, by registered le…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-8

…tion, labour and employment, is responsible for combating illegal employment and monitoring compliance with the provisions relating to employees temporarily seconded to France by a company not establi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Insurance scheme

Article L351-8

The measures for applying the provisions of this section, with the exception of articles L. 351-5 to L. 351-6, shall be the subject of an agreement concluded and approved under the conditions defined…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conciliation.

Article R742-8

…ritime Affairs, or at the request of the parties or of one of them, taking into account the importance of the said dispute, the particular circumstances in which it occurred and the number of workers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative closure and cessation of activity

Article R8272-8

…e the duration of the closure of up to three months of the establishment(s) used to commit the offence in accordance with article L. 8272-2, the Prefect shall take into account the nature, number and…

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