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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management of paediatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-4

…with another health establishment, or within the framework of the network mentioned in article R. 6123-26, permanent access to all the human and technical resources necessary for the management of em…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-4

Any hospital practitioner intending to carry out a private for-profit activity outside the establishment must inform the director of the establishment in which he/she is principally employed in writin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Constant monitoring of the business relationship

Article R561-12

For the application of Article L. 561-5-1, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall: 1° Before entering into a business relationship, collect and analyse the information necessary to understand…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

…ll not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceed…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-12

The main purpose of the central insurance companies created by law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973 relating to the implementation of employee shareholding in national banks and national insurance companies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions relating to voluntary termination of pregnancy outside health establishments

Article R2212-12

…fied person in an establishment or organisation approved under the conditions set out in article L. 2212-4.The doctor or midwife provides the woman with full information on contraception and sexually…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

…investment allowances within the meaning of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-12-1

…lders of personal training accounts, the Director General of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations may, depending on the seriousness of the facts observed, institute legal proceedings in the name and…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-12

…ications: 1° The technical and forensic police services or organisations referred to in article 157-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Persons who have been approved under conditions laid down by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-12

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4311-2, the practice of the profession of nurse is permitted either as a multi-purpose auxiliary, or for one or more establishments or for a spec…

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