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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-4

Any hospital practitioner intending to carry out a private for-profit activity outside the establishment must inform the director of the establishment in which he/she is principally employed in writin…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-4

The decision to suspend approval must be justified by the urgency of the situation and can only be based on facts that immediately and seriously jeopardise the health or morals of the child. Reasons m…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Specific powers.

Article R4523-4-1

Accidents at work for which the extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee is convened, pursuant to Article L. 4523-13, are accidents which have led or may have led to serious consequenc…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-4

The time devoted to training directors elected by the general meeting of shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and directors elected by employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 is d…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-4

The specific information statement referred to in article L. 132-22 is provided to the contracting party in the year preceding the date of expiry of the contract and no later than one month before tha…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R*441-3

Any person who, even as an intermediary, offers to subscribe to contracts or agreements that contravene the provisions of this chapter, or arranges for such contracts or agreements to be subscribed, w…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compulsory vaccinations.

Article R3111-4-1

The hepatitis B vaccination of thanatopractors undergoing practical training and practising is carried out under the conditions set out in articles L. 3111-1 and L. 4151-2. This vaccination is carried…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-83-4

When the situation warrants it, the Minister for Health will issue a decree laying down specific quality and safety rules for an exceptional type of transplant.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-3

Where several opposition applications relate to the same patent, the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall order that they be joined, subject to their admissibil…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-5

An agent of the National Institute of Industrial Property who has examined a patent application may not examine the opposition filed against that patent. However, this agent may be heard in the opposi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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