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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-28

…on, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in a of 2° of Article R. 2142-1 keeps the following information confidential for each couple or unmarried wo…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-29

…ns and tests enabling it to ensure that: 1° the technical file contains all the necessary elements; 2° the machinery has been manufactured in accordance with the information contained in the technical…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-23

…ndar year of issue. This report also sets out the issuer's business prospects for the current year; 2° A report on the security of the various processes for handling the special payment instrument ref…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-24

…spond to the sentence or decision and has not been completed or corrected within the time limit set;2° The conditions set out in articles 764-2 to 764-5 are not met, in particular where, pursuant to 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-27

In accordance with the table in the second paragraph of Article L. 2511-5 and Table No. 2 annexed to the Electoral Code and pursuant to Article L. 2511-37, the special status of the first sector is ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-2-1

By way of exception to 2° of article L. 113-2, when the purpose of the insurance contract is to guarantee, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks defined in the contract, either the total…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-2-1

…Articles L. 227-1 and L. 227-9, when a société par actions simplifiée makes an offer referred to in 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code relating to its capital securities: 1° (Re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health establishments responsible for psychiatric care without consent.

Article L3222-1-2

…nts with :1° The representative of the State in the département or, in Paris, the Préfet de Police ;2° The local authorities and their competent groupings; and3° The Director General of the Regional H…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-24

…e 26 of Law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983, as amended, on the rights and obligations of civil servants;2° May not, either themselves or through an intermediary, have any interest in organisations whose a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6414-2

…inter-regional or national" are replaced by the words: "corresponds to the territory of Mayotte" ;2° In Article L. 6141-3, the words: "financed under the conditions set out in Article L. 3411-2" are…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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