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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Dimensions

Article R1331-57

The minimum floor area and ceiling height of tourist accommodation rooms, excluding sanitary facilities, correspond to those set for the first category by the classification table provided for in arti…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Risk assessment

Article R4433-5

…ween noise and substances toxic to hearing of occupational origin and between noise and vibrations; 5° Any indirect impact on the health and safety of workers resulting from interactions between noise…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of hospital foundations

Article R6141-58

…on of mortgages and loans as well as sureties and guarantees granted in the name of the Foundation; 5° Determines the number of staff authorised by category of personnel; 6° On the recommendation of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-59

Before 31 October of the year preceding the financial year to which it relates, the director of the managing public health establishment sends the president of the regional council a request for a sub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-54

…al copies under the signature of the same voter; 4° Envelopes that include several inner envelopes; 5° Inner envelopes that are not blank of any annotation. Votes corresponding to these envelopes are…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for maintaining sites

Article R6222-5

I.-When one or more medical biology laboratory sites created before the revision of the regional health plan or before the change in the delimitation of the zones defined in b of 2° of Article L. 1434…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-10

The approval provided for in article L. 312-5 is granted by the Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the Departmental Safety and Accessibility Advisory Committee and then, in the cases provided for…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refugees

Article R424-2

The resident card bearing the words "long-term resident-EU", provided for in article L. 424-5, issued to a foreign national who is a refugee, bears the following statement under the heading "Remarks":…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-1

Failure to comply with the rules of good practice defined in the decisions or orders issued in application of article L. 5121-5, failure to comply with which is likely to result in a serious risk to p…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-6

For the application of the rules governing the authorisations mentioned in chapter II of title II of this book, no account is taken of the fact that the establishment provides the public hospital serv…

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