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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-12

Where the person responsible for the loss or damage is unknown, claims by victims or their rightful claimants for compensation for the loss or damage caused to them must be submitted to the guarantee…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-12

The response to the request to query the register is sent by an official of the Agence de la biomédecine expressly authorised for this purpose by the Director General of this establishment.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Dose calculation method

Article R4451-12

Effective dose and equivalent dose calculations are carried out in accordance with the methods defined by the order issued in application of Article R. 1333-24 of the Public Health Code.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4461-12

The employer shall ensure that the qualifications and medical fitness of each worker are appropriate for the job assigned.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in reactovigilance.

Article R5222-12

User healthcare professionals not practising in one of the establishments mentioned in 4° of Article R. 5222-3 or in a blood transfusion establishment who are aware of incidents or risks of incidents…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-12

Applications for authorisation may only be examined if they are accompanied by a complete file. The application is deemed to be complete if, within one month of receipt, the Minister for Health has no…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-12

The incompatibilities and incapacities provided for in Articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11 apply to employees of a sports agent or of the company that he has set up to carry out his activity. It is forbidd…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R7343-12

Prior to the challenge provided for in Article L. 7343-10, the elector or a representative designated by him shall submit an appeal to the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des p…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R221-12

…he Agreement on the European Economic Area, which regulates access to or pursuit of the profession, and issued : a) either by the competent authority of that State and attesting to training acquired p…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Conditions of application to the overseas regions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 73 of the Constitution

Article LO4435-12

The requests for authorisation referred to in this chapter may not be subject to the local referendum or consultation of electors provided for in chapter II of the single title of book I of part one.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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