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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Military personnel serving with foreign armies

Article D4062-2

The authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4061-7 may only be issued if the military health professional working for a foreign army meets the following conditions: 1° He/she is legally r…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter

Article A761-10

The file for the reduction of a reference perimeter includes: 1° A plan showing the location of the reference perimeter including the communes remaining within whose territory the provisions of articl…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and operation

Article R5112-17

In addition to the Prefect, the specialised committee responsible for integration through economic activity, known as the Conseil départemental de l'insertion par l'activité économique, comprises: 1°…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Deductions from apprenticeship tax

Article D6241-30

The apprentice training centre referred to in 1° of article D. 6241-29 is an apprentice training centre that meets one of the following conditions: 1° It is internal to the company ; 2° In which the c…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-85

Advertising of veterinary medicinal products to the natural or legal persons mentioned in article R. 5141-83 must include at least the following information: 1° The name of the medicinal product ; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-13

The decisions of the Board of Directors concerning the budget and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-2

When a natural or legal person is convicted by a criminal judgment for one of the offences of illegal employment mentioned in Articles L. 8224-1, L. 8224-2, L. 8224-5, L. 8234-1, L. 8234-2, L. 8243-1,…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions applicable to organ transplants

Article D6124-163

The number of medical and paramedical staff is adapted to the organ transplant activity and the follow-up of transplant patients. It includes : 1° At least two surgeons who have each completed four ye…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article D441-22

I. - For rights in the course of constitution of operations whose benefits are linked to the cessation of professional activity, the agreement provides for the transfer option mentioned in the eighth…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

I. - The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the r…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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