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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Lighting

Article R4223-2

Lighting is provided in such a way as to : 1° Prevent eyestrain and the resulting visual disorders; 2° Enable the detection of hazards perceptible to the naked eye.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-4

The non-medical team in the intensive care unit comprises at least : 1° Two nurses for five open beds ; 2° One nursing assistant for every four open beds; 3° A physiotherapist able to work seven days…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-14

…81-8 may be held by one or more persons who do not meet the conditions of the first paragraph or of 1° and 5° of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the libera…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-11

…acitly renewable insurance contracts covering natural persons outside their professional activities:1° Contracts in the classes mentioned in 3 or 10 of article R. 321-1, including motor third-party li…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article R751-3

…ion.For each of the other departments concerned, the number of elected representatives mentioned in 1° of II, 1° of III and 1° of IV of article L. 751-2, who must be elected representatives of commune…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-12

…udice to the obligations mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article, the persons mentioned in 1°, 1° ter and 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 shall collect the information and technical data relati…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other authorised persons.

Article L5414-1

The agents mentioned in article L. 511-3 and in 1° and 2° of I of article L. 511-22 of the French Consumer Code are authorised to investigate and record infringements and breaches of the laws and regu…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employment of foreign nationals not authorised to work.

Article L8271-17

In addition to the labour inspectors referred to in article L. 8112-1, officers and agents of the criminal investigation department, officers of the customs department and officers of the Conseil nati…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Appointment of the interpreter or translator

Article D594-16

…translator is required or appointed by the competent judicial authority, he or she shall be chosen:1° From the national list of judicial experts drawn up by the office of the Court of Cassation, or f…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

…ete and Embryo Donation Register" for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are: 1° Professionals from the health organisations or establishments mentioned in the third paragraph of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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