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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20

The measures for implementing the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of the articles of this section, 5° of article L. 5422-9, articles L. 5422-10, L. 5422-14 to L. 5422-16 and article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article L6316-3

A national reference system determined by decree after consultation with France Compétences sets out the indicators for assessing the criteria mentioned in Article L. 6316-1 and the associated audit p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Wages and working hours.

Article L6325-8

Unless there are more favourable collective bargaining or contractual provisions, an employee under the age of 26 who holds a professionalisation contract will receive remuneration calculated on the b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-1

The manufacture of autovaccines for veterinary use referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 is carried out by a qualified person or a company or body emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Committees

Article L5324-1

The Agency shall make public the agendas and minutes, together with details and explanations of votes, including minority opinions, but excluding any information covered by business or medical confide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-4

In the départements mentioned in article L. 3114-5, the provisions of this book do not apply to examinations carried out in places far from any medical biology laboratory with a view to diagnosing and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-13

Independently of the leave of absence and time credit provided for in articles L. 7227-1 et L. 7227-2, councillors to the Martinique Assembly and executive councillors who are employees are entitled t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Levy rights.

Article L8113-3

The labour inspection officers referred to in article L. 8112-1 are authorised, in conjunction with criminal investigation officers and competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, to tak…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-42

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed for a period of three years, renewable once, by decree issued on the proposal of the Minister for Health.The age limit for the Chairman is sixty-sev…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article D1617-21

The revenue transactions, the order transactions of the local authorities and establishments referred to in article D. 1617-19 as well as the payments of the organisations referred to in the second pa…

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