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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health checks at borders

Article R3115-3

For the purposes of this Chapter and in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005), the following definitions shall apply 1° Free circulation means permission for a ship to enter a po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-3

…Council shall draw up a set of professional rules subject to the approval of the Minister for Justice. The Minister for Justice may ask the National Council to update or revise these rules within a t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Temporary authorisation to practise for specialist doctors and dental surgeons who hold a diploma allowing them to practise in their country of origin

Article R4111-34

…raws up the application for a temporary authorisation to practise in conjunction with the person concerned. It sends the application to the Director General of the National Management Centre for Hospi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-3

…4301-2 included in his diploma and under the conditions laid down in article D. 4301-8: 1° The advanced practice nurse is competent to conduct an interview with the patient entrusted to him/her, take…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…adcasting a motor sport competition containing direct or indirect tobacco advertising and taking place in a country where tobacco advertising is prohibited, as well as broadcasting, by means other tha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency Capital Requirement

Article L352-3

…tiel et de résolution may, by reasoned decision, impose an additional capital requirement on insurance and reinsurance undertakings in any of the following exceptional circumstances, where it conclude…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-3

I.-The devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 shall be placed on the market or put into service in accordance with Article 5 of that Regulation and this Article.II.-Pursuant to A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-31

…rateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, by registered letter, with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means that ensures receipt or allows the date to be determined, no later than…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-318

…airman and an alternate chairman, members of the Conseil d'Etat, appointed on a proposal from the vice-chairman of the Conseil d'Etat; 2° Six full members and six alternate members representing the ad…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-5

…with a view to acquiring a given quantity of securities of a credit institution authorised in France or of a finance company, may inform the Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorit…

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