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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Birthplace

Article D6323-38

Birthing centres are required to have an operating charter, the content of which is set by order of the Minister for Health, and which includes, in particular, the arrangements for medical monitoring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Birthplace

Article D6323-36

The birthing centres referred to in article L. 6323-4 have premises, equipment and bio-cleaning procedures to ensure that patients are accessible, safe and hygienic in accordance with the standards in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Birthplace

Article D6323-37

Birthing centres are organised and equipped so that parturients and newborns can be transferred in an emergency, if necessary lying down. They also have an emergency trolley adapted to the various com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Birthplace

Article D6323-39

Midwives working in a birth centre must have at least two years' experience of childbirth prior to starting work in the centre. The number of midwives working in the birthing centre is sufficient to g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article D3335-3

The company shall itself liquidate the sums blocked pursuant to 2° of article L. 3323-2 or article L. 3323-5 and shall immediately request the institution responsible for the register of accounts to l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article D5843-3

I.-Article R. 5722-1 is applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of Article R. 5722-1, the words: "The provisions of Book III of Part Two"…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article D211-3

The general terms and conditions applicable to contracts mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 224-25-12 include a box informing consumers of the procedures for implementing the legal guaran…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D2335-3

The exceptional grants mentioned in article L. 2335-2 may be awarded within the limits of the appropriations allocated for this purpose in the budget of the Ministry of the Interior. The interminister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-6

The security measures provided for in Article 706-136 may only be ordered by the court if it appears, at the time the decision is made and in view of the elements in the case file and in particular th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D3331-3

The length of service of the persons mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 3332-2 that may be required by the regulations is counted from the date on which the individual contract takes…

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