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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-20

The benefit of training leave is by right to carry out a training course or attend a training session meeting the criteria set out in article R. 2123-12. It may, however, be refused if the requirement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-209

…m/herself, including when they meet the definition of combined advanced therapy medicinal products, and which are not subject to substantial manipulation within the meaning of Annex I to Regulation (E…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-30-2

…o Article L. 225-27-1 are entitled, at their request, to training adapted to the exercise of their mandate, at the company's expense, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. This tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-20

…as a member of the Disciplinary Board, a pharmacist must on the closing date for the submission of candidacies:1° Be a voter under the Order of Pharmacists of New Caledonia or French Polynesia;2° Be a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-21

…on sets the period during which the continuous portion of at least twelve working days is allocated and the rules for splitting the leave beyond the twelfth day.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-21

The National Disciplinary Commission provided for in Article L. 1442-13-2 sits at the Court of Cassation. It is called the Commission nationale de discipline des conseillers prud'hommes.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Screening for neonatal diseases

Article R1131-21

Neonatal screening refers to the screening of newborns for the purpose of secondary prevention. It is carried out on all newborns or, in certain cases, on those at particular risk of developing one of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-21

Substitutes, equal in number to the full members, except for the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the members mentioned in article R. 6213-17, are appointed under the same conditions as the full member…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising and general information

Article L341-21

The fact that an advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 313-3 to L. 313-5 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect.

Article L3132-21

…anted for a period that may not exceed three years, after obtaining the opinion of the town council and, where applicable, of the deliberative body of the public inter-communal cooperation body with i…

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