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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-8

I.-Territorial authorities affected by the presence of one of the species on the list provided for in article L. 1338-1 may appoint one or more territorial referents whose role, under their authority,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article D2362-8

In order to allocate the seats of the special negotiating body between the colleges in accordance with Article L. 2362-3 insofar as it refers to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 235…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval of practitioners

Article R1131-8

When the analyses defined in 1° and 2° of article R. 1131-2 are performed in a medical biology analysis laboratory mentioned in article L. 6211-2, the approved practitioner mentioned in article R. 113…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-8

Personal protective equipment, to which the design and manufacturing obligations set out in Article L. 4311-1 apply, are devices or means intended to be worn or held by a person in order to protect th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article R424-8

The resident card bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU", provided for in article L. 424-14, issued to a foreign national who benefits from subsidiary protection, bears the following wording unde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-8

…sets are the subject of a report submitted to the judge assigned, a copy of which is sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office by the judicial representative or by the person chosen on the basis of the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Practitioners of French nationality residing abroad.

Article R4112-8

The doctors, dental surgeons and midwives mentioned in article R. 4112-7 who wish to practise in France apply to be entered on the roll of the medical association of the department of their new reside…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-82

Nurses are prohibited from engaging in all forms of unfair competition and, in particular, all forms of competition, commission, fee-splitting and customer misappropriation, subject to the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Submission of the contract

Article R6224-8

When a minor apprentice is employed by an ascendant, the declaration provided for in article L. 6222-5, signed by the ascendant employer, is signed by the apprentice and stamped by the director of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

I.-The provisions of Chapter III, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-h…

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