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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-5

…healthcare professionals :- a representative of self-employed healthcare professionals appointed after consultation with the regional bodies of representative trade unions; - a hospital practitioner…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…put into service for nuclear use, the failure of which may result in the emission of radioactivity; 5° Weapons, including firearms; 6° The following means of transport: a) Agricultural or forestry tra…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

…ents selected in application of article R. 6113-56, in order to verify that it is representative in terms of: 1° The distribution of health care establishments by category of establishment within the…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…the devices they inspect, nor the authorised representative of any of these persons. They may not intervene either directly or as agents of the parties involved in these activities, in the design, con…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-58

…ervice provided, any minimum levels of service quality where offered and, for services other than Internet access services, the specific quality indicators provided. Where no minimum level of service…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-5

The sums appearing on these statements and remaining unpaid are paid directly to the employee within eight days of receipt of the debt statements. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the ad…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…re and the arrangements for its distribution among the authors concerned are set under conditions determined by a company agreement or, failing that, by any other collective agreement within the meani…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L221-5

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of services, digital content or digital services, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…under his or her control, that the genetic fingerprint of the person concerned is not already registered, on the basis of his or her civil status alone, in the national automated genetic fingerprint…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-51

The purpose of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Policy Board is : 1° To ensure better coordination between government departments and supervisory authoritie…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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