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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-69

The cardiac surgery care activity mentioned in 10° of article R. 6122-25 includes all intrathoracic surgical procedures on the cardiovascular system: the heart, the pericardium, the coronary arteries,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-72

Authorisation to provide paediatric cardiac surgery may only be granted to a health establishment or a health cooperation group on condition that, on the same site, in a shared building or, failing th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-71

Authorisation to provide cardiac surgery for adult patients may only be granted to a health establishment or a health cooperation group on condition that, on the same site, in a common building or, fa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-74

Authorisation to carry out cardiac surgery may only be granted or renewed if the health establishment or health cooperation group can demonstrate, for cardiac surgery, for each site, an annual activit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this section, and in particular : - the procedures for application of Article L. 323-21 ; - the procedure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial imbalance

Article D6143-39

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency asks the Director of a public health institution to present a recovery plan in application of Article L. 6143-3 when he considers that the financial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Professional interview

Article R6152-825

Practitioners governed by the provisions of sections 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this chapter are entitled to a professional interview each year, which gives rise to a report. This interview is conducted by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: Request for a formal statement of position

Article L1824-1

…ct to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1116-1 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 II.-For the application of Article L. 1116-1, the words: "local aut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-319

…s and professions authorised to know about it pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 2 du décret n° 2019-341 du 19 avril 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre de traitements comportant l'usage du numéro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-38

The departments and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 may postpone their response if they are unable to provide the information requested within the time limit set pursuant to Article R. 49-37. Th…

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