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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-17-3

There is no need to apply the provisions of articles D. 147-17 to D. 147-17-2 when the sentenced person has filed an application for sentence adjustment pending before the sentence enforcement court.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Conditions common to the terms "children and adolescents" and "young children, children and adolescents".

Article D6124-177-59

I.- By way of derogation from article D. 6124-177-2, the hospitalisation sector may include rooms with up to four beds. They are organised in such a way as to ensure that patients' privacy is respecte…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of the committee responsible for examining applications from pharmacists holding diplomas issued by a State outside the European Union.

Article D4221-3

The Commission d'autorisation d'exercice, which reports to the Director General of the Centre national de gestion, is divided into two sections, each responsible for examining applications to practise…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-42

Manufacturers, importers and distributors of vehicles for the physically disabled, including electric scooters and walkers, shall ensure the availability of spare parts, in particular those listed as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-7

The professional trade unions of employees or employers and their unions, and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meaning of article D.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-1

I.-The provisions of this section apply to public and private swimming pools for collective use referred to in article L. 1332-1 and to paid-access swimming pools referred to in article L. 322-7 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency medical facilities

Article D6124-1

Doctors working in an emergency medicine unit must hold a diploma of complementary specialised studies in emergency medicine or be hospital practitioners in multi-purpose emergency medicine. Doctors w…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical dialysis units.

Article D6124-75

The medical dialysis unit, defined in article R. 6123-63, has at least six haemodialysis treatment stations. The same haemodialysis station may not be used for more than three patients per twenty-four…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to difficult and low-budget cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article D331-17

For the application of VII of article 220 sexies of the General Tax Code: 1° For cinematographic works: a) A difficult work is a director's first or second work; b) A low-budget work is one whose tota…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 D

For the purposes of collecting inter vivos transfer duties, an allowance of €5,310 is made on the share of each of the donor's great-grandchildren.

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