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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Terms and conditions for the use of rights acquired under a public law activity

Article R6323-43

…of 13 July 1983 may be converted into euros, at the initiative of any person mentioned in articles L. 6323-2 and L. 6323-33, within the limits of the ceilings defined in I of articles R. 6323-1, R. 6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R5611-3

The presidents of the regional councils concerned sign the agreement between the regions, in the light of the concordant deliberations of the regional councils and, where applicable, the acceptances g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of paid work placements by the State or the region.

Article L6341-4

Within the limits of their respective competences, approval for training courses is granted :1° As regards the State, by the administrative authority ;2° As regards the regions, by decision of the reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application to certain establishments with an in-house pharmacy.

Article R5132-42

…procedures for applying sections 1 to 3 of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles L. 5126-1 and L. 5126-11 shall be laid down, where appropriate, after obtaining the opinion of the D…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

The compulsory prior mediation procedure provided for byArticle L. 213-11 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable to appeals brought against the following individual decisions taken by Pôl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-4

…those of this chapter, it must submit a declaration stating that it has been accredited by the competent authorities; 2° Where the laboratory is established in a Member State or Party whose authorisa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-3

The specific procedures for applying article L. 113-3 of the Consumer Code to health services covered by article L. 1111-3, I and the second paragraph of II of article L. 1111-3-2 of this code with re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1238-4

Dismissal without notifying the administrative authority in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 1233-46 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros, imposed as many times as there are empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

…employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months prior to recruitment is taken into account when calcul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions and testing programmes

Article R1322-42

Under the provisions of article R. 1322-14, the Prefect may require the operator, on a proposal from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, to carry out analyses in addition to those defi…

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