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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article D7121-28

In accordance with article L. 3141-32, this section sets out the terms and conditions for the application of the provisions relating to paid holidays for artistic and technical entertainment personnel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article D7121-29

This section also applies to their artistic and technical staff: 1° Legal entities governed by public law carrying out the types of activities mentioned in article D. 7121-28 on a principal, ancillary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions common to the "Adult Psychiatry" and "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" specialisations

Article D6124-257

All sites providing full inpatient care include: 1° Single or double rooms, equipped with sanitary facilities. Each room is equipped with a call device accessible to each patient and a lockable cupboa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-21

…th Agency assesses the justifications provided by the group on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The legal nature of the majority of members ; 2° The tariff scale of the majority of members; 3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-20

…es not renew, a healthcare activity authorisation granted to a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire set up as a private health establishment, and if the latter no longer holds any healthcare activity a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article R143-23

…the application of article L. 143- 21, it shall be carried out in accordance with articles 1281- 2 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Safeguard measures relating to insurance undertakings

Article R335-2

…of communication of this plan within one month of the request, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require an insurance undertaking to provide a reinforced solvency margin in exc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interoperability and security of digital health services

Article L1470-5

…the digital health services intended for use by the legal entities and natural persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 1470-1 must comply with the interoperability and security reference framewor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to personnel.

Article R6113-52

…ff governed by titles II, III or IV of the general statute of civil servants and staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1 in an active, secondment or secondment position. It may also employ c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Miscellaneous provisions and penalties.

Article L514-2

…ubscribed on behalf of an undertaking subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, another undertaking mentioned in article L. 310-2 or an undertaking mentioned in a…

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