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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition

Article R6144-3

…5° Elected representatives of midwives, if the establishment has a gynaecology-obstetrics activity;6° Representatives of residents, including one representative for general medical residents, one rep…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-63

The Regional Council is responsible for: 1° To implement, within its jurisdiction, the decisions and disseminate the messages adopted by the National Council and to pursue professional consultations a…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-39

…ing to these establishments the information mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 1221-42; 6° Reporting to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and to the r…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-2

The purpose of this file is to provide credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Title I of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code, electronic money institutions and payment institutio…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-5

In addition to the grounds for revocation provided for in Articles L. 714-5 and L. 714-6, the owner of the guarantee mark shall be declared to have forfeited his rights on the following grounds: 1° Th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-30

…l expenditure/population; > 4° Outstanding debt/population; 5° Global operating grant/population; > 6° Staff costs/real operating expenditure; > 7° Real operating expenditure and net debt/ population;…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-2

A credit institution, a financial institution or a third-party financing company mentioned in 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code may finance renovation work by means of an advanc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2-1

When the person has been sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules for taking leave and going part-time

Article L3142-119

…utive or otherwise, in the company; 3° The conditions and periods of information mentioned in 4° to 6° of article L. 3142-117 are set by decree; 4° The number of employees absent on leave in the compa…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration of subcontracting at the time of the tender

Article R2393-25

…payment provided for in the proposed subcontract and, where applicable, the price variation terms; 6° Where applicable, the subcontractor's capacities on which the tenderer is relying. The tenderer s…

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