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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Physician or pharmacist assigned to a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6213-7-2

The application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 6213-7-1 shall be sent to the Minister for Health by any means capable of providing a date certain, accompanied by a dossier, the compositio…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Investigating courts

Article 823

For the application of the provisions of Article 145 in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the examining magistrate may order the provisional incarceration of the person under investigati…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-26-5

The operation and resources of the Employees' Rights Commission are governed by the provisions set out in Articles 81, 84 and 85, the first seven paragraphs of Article 88, the first two paragraphs of…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation

Article R2524-7

The members of the Superior Court of Arbitration may only deliberate in odd numbers. If the Court meets in an even number, the oldest member shall abstain from deliberating. The Court shall not rule u…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regional and interregional councils

Article R4322-26

Each of the regional or inter-regional councils of the Order is made up of four, five, six or seven pairs, depending on whether the number of chiropodists registered on the last published roll for the…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article R4422-6-1

The Environment and Living Environment Section comprises seventeen members, including: 1° Eight representatives of organisations active in the field of environmental protection in Corsica; 2° Eight re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-3

As stated in Article 511-17 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-17-The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for industrial or commercial purposes is punish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition of departmental councils.

Article D4132-1

The departmental council of the Ordre des Médecins is made up of six full members and six substitute members if the number of doctors on the most recently published register is less than or equal to f…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Sole trader and limited liability entrepreneur

Article 1655 sexies

1. For the application of this code and its appendices, with the exception of 2 of article 206, 5° of 1 of article 635 and article 638 A, the sole trader referred to in articles L. 526-22 et seq. of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-1

As stated in Article 511-15 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below:"Obtaining human embryos in return for payment, in whatever form, is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €10…

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