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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies authorised to grant and manage advances

Article R5141-23

…onomy and the budget, the decision to grant the advance and its management may be entrusted, in the form of a management mandate, to bodies whose list is set by order of the minister responsible for e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-44

…ate in the register provided for in Article R. 4381-43. The entry in the register must indicate the form, nature, purpose and signatories of the deed. The deed itself, if it is a private deed, or an a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispensing on the basis of a prescription in non-proprietary names.

Article R5125-56

…ritten in a non-proprietary name, the pharmacist dispenses a medicinal product complying with the information provided for in article R. 5125-55. However, the immediate-release oral pharmaceutical for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle II: Written procedure

Article 815

A request to refer a case assigned to the single judge to the panel must, on pain of foreclosure, be made within fifteen days of receipt of the notice provided for in Article 814. The referral of a ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-11

…his agreement sets out how standby duty is to be organised, how the employees concerned are to be informed and how much notice they are to give, as well as the financial compensation or time off to wh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Cultural initiatives

Article L4433-26

The regional councils establish, where appropriate, on the proposal of the presidents of the University of the West Indies, the University of French Guyana and the University of Reunion, according to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Training of representatives.

Article L4523-10

Staff representatives on the social and economic committee, including, where appropriate, representatives of employees from outside companies, receive specific training in relation to particular risks…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Continuing training

Article D1442-9

Employee industrial tribunal members benefiting from the leave provided for in article D. 1442-7 are not taken into account: 1° When determining the number of beneficiaries of training leave, as provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-102-1

The members of the staff representation and the contact person provided for in article R. 1432-102-2 receive the five days of training they need to carry out their duties in terms of health, safety an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article R5522-13

When a training course is provided for in the decision awarding the employability assistance or in a subsequent amending decision, it may be the subject of State assistance provided that it lasts at l…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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