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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article R7121-51

…ontractor's licence and produces a live performance and who, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, collects a commission from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, is lia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Authorisation of experts

Article R2315-51

…ation of the expert that the social and economic committee may call upon, in application of article L. 2315-94, is a certification proving his skills. This certification is issued by a certification b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Private health establishments, private medico-social establishments, cosmetic surgery facilities and health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under private law

Article R5126-51

…ciation, pharmacists belonging to one of the categories of practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 may manage an internal-use pharmacy in private health establishments providing long-term c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Temporary residence permit bearing the words "ICT trainee" or "ICT mobile trainee".

Article R421-51

…lication for a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30 is notified to the applicant in writing as soon as possible and no later than ninety days…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-51

If the patent application is likely to be rejected for one of the cases provided for in Article L. 612-12 (7° and 9°), reasoned notification is given to the applicant. The notification contains a form…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-51

…sified at level 6 of the nomenclature of qualification levels established in application of article L. 6113-1 of the French Labour Code.It attests to the acquisition of a qualification in the exercise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-51

…employment obligation may opt for the modulation of the annual contribution provided for in article L. 5212-9. If the employer fails to notify its option for modulation within this one-month period, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-7

…are applicable to homeopathic medicinal products subject to the registration referred to in article L. 5121-13. This sub-section does not apply to homeopathic medicinal products subject to the marketi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Home dispensing.

Article R5125-51

…eplacements. It may also be carried out by the pharmacy assistants or students mentioned in article L. 4241-10. In the case mentioned in the previous paragraph, the pharmacist in charge or the pharmac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-51

…cipal town. When regional companies are grouped together pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 821-6, the regional council of the resulting company sits in one of the chief towns of the courts…

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