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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National Committee.

Article R4643-5

The Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics comprises a national committee which, through its deliberations, regulates the affairs of the body. To this end, the counci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-50

Young workers certified in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 4544-9 may carry out operations on electrical installations or operations of an electrical or non-electrical nature in the vicin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-51

Young workers may be assigned to drive self-propelled mobile work equipment and work equipment used for lifting if they have received the training provided for in Article R. 4323-55 and if they hold t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-52

Young workers are authorised to be assigned to work involving manual handling within the meaning of Article R. 4541-2 exceeding 20% of their weight if they have been found medically fit for such work.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-5

The sums appearing on these statements and remaining unpaid are paid directly to the employee within eight days of receipt of the debt statements. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-5

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 1411-6-1 is amended as follows:1° The first to third paragraphs are deleted;2° In the last paragraph, the words: "the order mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-5

Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or product to notify the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of any prohibition or restriction imposed by the compe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Marketing authorisation issued by the European Union

Article R5121-53

Where a marketing authorisation issued by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article R1424-56

For the application to the department of Bouches-du-Rhône of Chapter V "External fire defence" of Title II of Book II of Part Two, III of article R. 2225-3 is replaced by the following provisions: III…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-5-1

The branch is responsible for : 1° To define the employment and working conditions of employees as well as the guarantees applicable to them in the matters referred to in articles L. 2253-1 and L. 225…

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