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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-14

The CE marking may be affixed to a medical device only if it complies with the essential health and safety requirements referred to in Section 5 of this Chapter and has undergone the certification pro…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to care units

Article D6124-282

…of staff attendance and continuity of care; 4° The procedures for implementing continuity of care; 5° The training required, particularly in view of the specific process and organisation of the care…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to leave for health or family reasons

Article R6152-819

…ild placed with a view to adoption, adoption leave or paternity and childcare leave provided for in 5° of article 41 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mission of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-3

The emergency medical aid services participate in the implementation of the Orsec plans drawn up in application of articles L741-1 to L741-5 of the French Internal Security Code. To carry out the task…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-2

I. - For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° The second sentence of Article L. 1110-1 does not apply ;2° In article L. 1110-4 : a) The first paragraph of I is worded as follows:…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-41

I. - The rate of the flat-rate tourist tax is set, for each type and category of accommodation, per unit of accommodation capacity and per overnight stay.This rate is set by deliberation of the munici…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L651-4

A foreign national who applies to the administrative court for the annulment of the decision requiring him or her to leave French territory may accompany his or her appeal with a request to suspend it…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-4

…nd the purchase, sale or lease of buildings; 4° It authorises loans and accepts gifts and legacies; 5° It decides on legal actions and settlements. It may delegate these powers to the executive direct…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article R239-1

…nsferable by the lessor during the term of the contract, the terms and conditions of such transfer; 5° The terms and conditions of distribution of the liquidation surplus, in compliance with the legal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-18

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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