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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-37-3

…and 2° of Article L. 1110-5-2, deep and continuous sedation causing an alteration in consciousness maintained until death, associated with analgesia and the cessation of all life-sustaining treatment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training

Article R4623-31-3

…e procedures for organising the specific occupational health training provided for in article L. 4623-10, the framework for checking the knowledge acquired during the training course and the assessmen…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-39-3

When the chiropodist participates in a public information campaign of an educational, scientific or health nature, regardless of the means of dissemination, he or she shall use only confirmed data, sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-3

…ponsible for the transfer of the second-hand medical device certifies that it has undergone regular maintenance in accordance with the provisions of article R. 5212-28 and, where the device is subject…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Direct access to specialised technical facilities

Article R6123-32-3

…e conditions under which patients involved in the specialised activity referred to in article R. 6123-32-1 are referred to the establishment referred to in article R. 6123-32-2 and the conditions unde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3

In university hospital centres, the director appoints the vice-president in charge of research on presentation of a list of proposals drawn up jointly by the president of the Institut national de la s…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior formalities

Article R2-3

The notice referred to in 1° of article R. 2-1 informs the person drawn by lot: 1° That, within ten days of receiving the collection of information and, at the latest, before 15 May, he or she is requ…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 369

…he other offenders and to which they shall be jointly and severally liable. 2 (paragraph repealed). 3. Where the goods seized are not explicitly prohibited under customs regulations, the courts may re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-3-1

…ll hear, within the limits of their jurisdiction, claims brought pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Cla…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The adopted person

Article 345

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