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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doct…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-3

…cal team is responsible for coordinating team activities and patient care.II. - The coordinating doctor of the intensive care unit is also the coordinating doctor of the multi-purpose intensive care u…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-32-2

…21-2 of the Criminal Code, of the offence defined in Article L. 623-32 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Article 131-38 of the Penal Code, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3133-3-2

In the absence of an agreement, the employer sets the public holidays.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Clinical investigations

Article R5211-36-2

…plantable medical devices, active implantable medical devices and class III devices must be subject to clinical investigations, unless the use of existing clinical data can be duly justified.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART THREE

Article Annexe 31-2

…the people targeted by these activities, must be protected from incrimination for use or incitement to use during these interventions. The services responsible for combating drug trafficking and use m…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-4

…pitalisation order issued by the State representative. It immediately produces the effects referred to in article D. 47-29-3 of this code.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4-2

Failure by the facilities referred to in Article L. 6322-1 to keep the registers referred to in Article L. 5212-2-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2-4

The psychological project provided for in article L. 6143-2 includes several sections relating to the clinical activities of psychologists and their training and research activities, as well as the wa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-22

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of live performances:1° The award of automatic financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regula…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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