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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Adult psychiatry

Article R6123-186

The holder of the "adult psychiatry" authorisation treats adult patients.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Adult psychiatry

Article R6123-188

The authorisation holder organises access to skills in psychiatry for the elderly, geriatrics and neurology, depending on their clinical situation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Vigilance of the health products mentioned in 18° and 19° of Article L. 5311-1

Article R5232-18

When informed of an incident, the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé will arrange for it to be assessed. As part of this assessment, he will carry out…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

When the public prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not be prosecuted, sentenced or detained with a view to the enforc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1812

…issued for its application, are punishable, at the request of the public prosecutor, by a fine of €18,000. For persons engaged in retail sales, the fine incurred is €3,750. Whoever makes it impossibl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-18

…ilment of its various missions. It is the scientific body, provided for by article 14 of decree no. 2002-628 of 25 April 2002 taken for the application of law no. 2002-5 of 4 January 2002 relating to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…ing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 include: 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 4, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 189

The parties shall be questioned in each other's presence unless circumstances require them to be questioned separately. They must be confronted if one of the parties so requests. Where the appearance…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Personal checks by the judge.

Article 181

The judge may, in the course of the verification operations, at the hearing or in any other place, be assisted by a technician, hear the parties themselves and any person whose hearing appears to be u…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Personal checks by the judge.

Article 183

The judge who is carrying out another investigative measure may, even if he or she is not a member of the trial panel, carry out such personal checks as may be appropriate in order to carry out that m…

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