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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 Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R920-1

…o the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of the code are applicable in the Department of Mayotte:1° Book I, with the exception of articles R. 123-171-1, R. 122-1…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1343-1

…le L. 1343-2 of this Code insofar as they concern dangerous substances or mixtures used for non-medical purposes, and of the regulatory measures taken to apply these provisions.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…igital subtitling and audio description files and the adaptation of these files to any digital broadcast medium must comply with the methodological requirements of the Charter on the quality of subtit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-16

The agreement referred to in article L. 3133-11 or the employer's decision referred to in article L. 3133-12 may not designate either the first or second day of Christmas or, regardless of the presenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to obligations

Article L245-15

The offences provided for in articles L. 245-9, and articles L. 245-12 and L. 245-13 are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €18,000 when committed fraudulently with a view to deprivi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-1

…to the execution of works of equipment and improvement that the lessee, the owner of the business, carries out at his own expense and under his own responsibility when such works concern : 1° The sup…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-1

…resulting from Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, are applicable in the territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

…was theirs at the time of renunciation or death.In the event of renunciation, the sole trader shall cause a notice thereof to be entered in the register to which he is subject pursuant to l'article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article R5521-1

…R. 5121-21, the first and fourth paragraphs of article R. 5121-25 and article R. 5121-37-2 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Subject to the adaptations provided for in Article R. 5521-2, Articles R.…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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