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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-12

…atient is not harmed, explain the reasons, refer the patient to a colleague or a suitable structure and pass on the information needed to continue the care.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Labour inspection in defence establishments

Article R8111-12

For establishments placed under the authority of the Minister of Defence and to which access is regulated and permanently supervised, labour inspection missions, in accordance with article L. 8112-1,…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-12

The list of sworn goods brokers is drawn up by each court of appeal at the request of the public prosecutor. It shall show, for each of them, the date of their registration as well as their profession…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Regional organisation of health monitoring

Article L1435-12

…are responsible, in liaison with the agencies mentioned in Articles L. 1313-1, L. 1413-1, L. 1418-1 and L. 5311-1, for the organisation and territorial coverage of health monitoring. To this end, they…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…352-2 as the sum of the following elements: 1° The amount corresponding to the sum of nine per thousand of the sum of the technical provisions referred to in Article R. 343-3 and 1.65 per cent of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1252-1

…blic prosecutor or the guardianship judge may request any bailiff, the police commissioner, the commander of the gendarmerie brigade or the mayor, to draw up a descriptive inventory of the furniture a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1251-1

…article 430 of the Civil Code, to request the opening of a protective measure; 3° Lawyers, notaries and bailiffs who can justify the usefulness of the declaration in the context of an act relating to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-12

In the case provided for in 3° of article L. 1262-1 and when the foreign company is working on behalf of a private individual, it shall join the inter-company occupational health service that is terri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-12

…summons sent to the legal representative of the debtor legal entity or to the debtor natural person and the memorandum drawn up pursuant to Article R. 611-10.If the request has been submitted in the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-120

…the local representative ends at the end of the term of office of the elected members of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee who appointed him or in the cases provided for in Article R. 1432-8…

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