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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-18

…f the public law health cooperation grouping into a public health establishment takes effect on 1st January of the year following the decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-1

…rtion of women and men represented within each section of the Disciplinary Board is assessed at 1st January of the year of the ballot. It shall be determined and posted on the website of the Centre na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…located in centres or structures approved in application of article 30 of decree no. 2004-67 of 16 January 2004 relating to the organisation of the third cycle of medical studies or article 3 of decr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Content of the contract

Article 1164

In framework contracts, it may be agreed that the price will be set unilaterally by one of the parties, with the onus on that party to justify the amount in the event of a dispute. In the event of abu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Opposition to the hiring of apprentices.

Article L6225-2

In the event of opposition to the hiring of apprentices, the administrative authority decides whether current contracts may continue to be performed. The same applies in the event of a transfer of emp…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-34

In the event of an infringement of the provisions concerning child labour set out in this chapter, the court may, depending on the circumstances and only in the event of a repeat offence, order that t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

…cordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 ; 2° As part of the price information, in addition to the amounts due respectively…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…ecurity Code, in the case of capitalisation operations expressed in units of account, and for class 25 referred to in articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

…ity for a given instrument by application of the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/570 of 26 May 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

…cle 199-1 of Law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities. In 2017, this amount is also reduced by €32 million. This reduction relates to the compensation allowan…

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