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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4392-6

…establishment and the other, a health executive, works in a childcare assistant training institute;4° Two nursery assistants, one of whom works in an early childhood facility.An order of the Regional…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-6

…ncerned by the opening;3° A description and plan of the laboratory and, where applicable, its sites;4° The planned opening date of the laboratory or site;5° Identification of the biologist-in-charge p…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-2

Where an undertaking referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 has branches established in more than one Member State, each branch is treated independently for the purposes of applying the provisions…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-93

…tor shall without delay offer the borrower another type of credit transaction within the meaning of 4° of Article L. 311-1, under the conditions governed by the provisions of this chapter.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-9

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in L. 313-4-2 du code de l'urbanisme" are replaced by the words: "the eva…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-12

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in L. 313-4-2 du code de l'urbanisme" are replaced by the words: "the eva…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-8

The referral by the Cour de cassation of a priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel is governed by the rules defined by articles 23-4 to 23-7 of the aforementioned Order n…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L2331-5

…f the General Tax Code;2° The amount of contributions to public facilities expenditure mentioned in 4° of

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments authorised to collect cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1242-8

The authorisation to take cell samples for therapeutic purposes is issued, suspended or withdrawn under the same conditions as those laid down in article R. 1233-2 and articles R. 1233-4 to R. 1233-6.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-5

For the application of article L. 412-1 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "carried out pursuant to article L. 442-4-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code" are replaced by the wo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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