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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-129

…ible with the life-threatening emergency: - blood gas tests, biological tests using microtechniques and haemostasis tests ; - two-dimensional transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography using…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-126

The full-time inpatient unit has a sufficient number of dedicated beds and the necessary staff to be able to provide pre- and post-operative cardiac surgery care for newborns and children at any time.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-12

…oods would have if there were no lack of conformity; 2° The significance of the lack of conformity; and 3° Any possibility of opting for the other choice without major inconvenience for the consumer.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1221-1

…may check with the juvenile court judge whether educational assistance proceedings have been opened and ask the latter to send him copies of documents from the case in progress, in accordance with the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1220-3

The guardianship judge may only rule on a petition concerning a protected adult of full age and relating to the protection of his person after having heard or called the latter unless the hearing is l…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1220-4

The judge shall, if he considers it appropriate, hear the persons listed in articles 430,494-1 and 494-10 du code civil. This hearing is a matter of right when it is requested by a person applying for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1221-2

On being informed that educational assistance proceedings have been opened in respect of the minor, the guardianship judge shall, at the request of the children's judge, transmit a copy of any documen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1220-2

…the second paragraph of article 432 or article 494-4 of the Civil Code is notified to the applicant and, where applicable, to the adult's lawyer. By the same decision, the judge orders that the adult…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1220-1

…n or any other person.The lawyer of the person to be protected or protected is informed of the date and place of the hearing.A record of the hearing is drawn up.

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