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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article D6124-285

I.-The holder of the authorisation for paediatric surgical care puts in place an organisation and facilities that allow care to be tailored to the care and specific needs of children, while respecting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article D6124-286

The holder of the authorisation for the surgical care activity referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 6123-202 has a medical team comprising: 1° At least one doctor specialising in paediatric surger…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article D6124-287

The practice of bariatric surgery, mentioned in 3° of the I of article R. 6123-202, requires access at all times to equipment and instruments adapted to the care of patients suffering from obesity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-9

…aid acoustician in a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may perform professional acts in France, on a temporary and occasional basis, without having to regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-11

…tituent general meeting is convened at the place indicated in the notice provided for in article R. 22-10-3. The notice of meeting shall state the company name and form, the intended address of the re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to subsequent contracts

Article R2162-10

…n divided into lots, the holders of the lot corresponding to the subject of the subsequent contract;2° The contracting authority shall set a sufficient period for the submission of tenders, taking int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-100

…has not been completed within the time limit set by the competent authority of the executing State; 2° The conditions set out in Article 696-90 are not fulfilled; 3° The protection measure was ordered…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-10

An order of the regional prefect sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-3 and articles R. 4432-5 to R. 4432-7, the list of bodies of all kinds represented on the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-9

…t a sum equal to the amount of the cheque, without prejudice, where appropriate, to any damages. He may, however, if he prefers, bring an action for payment of his claim before the civil or commercial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-90

Where there are securities giving access to the capital, the company purchasing its shares admitted to trading on a regulated market shall, where the purchase price is higher than the stock market pri…

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