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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-4

…own role are provided in a home health, social or medico-social establishment or service, the nurse may, under their responsibility, perform them with the collaboration of care assistants, nursery nur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: One-off assistance for apprentice employers

Article D6243-4

…nt deals with complaints and appeals relating to the aid. IV.-The Agence de services et de paiement may ask the employer and the skills operator for any additional information required for payment of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-41

…l of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may automatically vary a marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product in order to rest…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: EC verification.

Article R5211-44

For Class IIa medical devices or Class I medical devices, the provisions of Article R. 5211-43 apply subject to the following modifications: 1° For class II a medical devices, the authorised body veri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-46

…ient sector depends on the activity of the obstetrics unit. Whatever the activity of the sector, it may not be less than one midwife, assisted by a nursing auxiliary and a childcare auxiliary during t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-49

Within fifteen days of receiving the decision to approve the budget, the Director shall allocate the approved expenditure authorisations and revenue forecasts by functional group to the accounts in ac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-44

…icles R. 322-99 and R. 322-158, mutual insurance companies must have a formation fund of at least :-400,000 euros for the operations referred to in Articles 10 to 15, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25 of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…me or offence. Once the perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion of data recorded in the processing, unless the public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee undertaking

Article R7123-29

When a modelling agency's guarantee commitment comes to an end, the agency may continue its activity only if it has obtained, under the conditions provided for in articles R. 7123-26 to R. 7123-28, an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations relating to the freezing of assets

Article R773-41

I. - In application of 8° of article 6-2 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, articles R. 562-1 to R. 562-9 are applicable by operation of law in…

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