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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article D527-2

In the event of a conviction mentioned in the first paragraph of article D. 527-1, the multidisciplinary assessment of dangerousness and the accompanying medical expertise must also be carried out, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4162-2

The company or group agreement referred to in article L. 4162-1 or, failing that, the action plan referred to in article L. 4162-2, is based on a prior diagnosis of exposure to the occupational risk f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-26

The accumulated result defined in article D. 4425-25 is allocated, when it is a surplus: 1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the close…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-27

…lly allocated to them or that it may obtain by means of loans or by rediscounting subscribed bills; 2° To act as guarantor for their loans; 3° Receive and manage their deposits. An order of the minist…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Employee training.

Article R4543-22

…understanding of the organisational and technical measures it recommends and their implementation; 2° The work methods and intervention procedures applicable to the equipment on which the worker may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-2

…y care. The list of stabilised chronic pathologies is drawn up by order of the Minister for Health; 2° Oncology and haemato-oncology; 3° Chronic renal disease, dialysis, renal transplantation; 4° Psyc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-2

…this assessment, the orthoptist may carry out : 1° A measurement of refraction and visual acuity ; 2° A study of recorded or unrecorded eye movements; 3° An assessment of oculomotor imbalances; 4° De…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Filing of contracts in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article D6275-2

…onsumption, labour and employment checks that it meets the conditions laid down by : 1° Article L. 6211-1 on courses eligible for apprenticeship; 2° Articles L. 6222-1 to L. 6222-3 on the age of the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours and rest periods

Article R7124-27

…of three; b) Two hours, including no more than one hour continuously, from the age of three to six; 2 Maximum weekly duration: a) One hour, up to the age of six months; b) Two hours, from the age of s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Sterilisation of medical devices.

Article R6111-21

…to ensure that medical devices are obtained and maintained in a sterile state until they are used; 2° Specifies the procedures ensuring that all medical devices to be sterilised are subjected to an a…

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