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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Residence conditions for in-patient prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article R3214-17

Articles R. 322-28, R. 322-29 and R. 322-30 of the Penitentiary Code set out the provisions for maintaining relations between prisoners in the specially adapted unit and the outside world.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-10

The certificate of special studies in occupational medicine and the diploma of specialised studies in occupational medicine are not compulsory for doctors in charge of a preventive medicine service fo…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-15

…seil d'Etat. Acceptance of the Office's offer constitutes a settlement within the meaning ofarticle 2044 of the Civil Code. The liable party and, where applicable, its insurer or the fund set up under…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 561

Islands and landings that form in non-domain watercourses belong to the riparian owners on the side where the island has formed: if the island is not formed on one side only, it belongs to the riparia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses.

Article L2123-18

…d member of a special delegation entitle the holder to reimbursement of expenses incurred in the performance of special mandates.Expenses thus incurred may be reimbursed on a flat-rate basis up to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3

…rmediary registered under the conditions provided for in Article L. 228-1 is required to disclose information concerning the owners of these securities at the request of the issuing company or its age…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Units for difficult patients.

Article R3222-6

…e patient to be discharged from the unit for patients with difficult mental health conditions and informs the Prefect who issued the initial order for admission to this unit and the health establishme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX quater : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of the agency for the development of urban areas in the zone known as the "cinquante pas géométriques" in Guadeloupe

Article 1609 C

…n valeur de la zone dite des cinquante pas géométriques dans les départements d'outre-mer, une taxe spéciale d'équipement destinée à financer l'exercice en Guadeloupe, par cet organisme, des missions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-15

…of the activities referred to in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 124-1 must, if it has not adopted the form of a société coopérative de commerçants détaillants governed by the provisions of this chapter,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Ambulance drivers

Article L4393-1

Ambulance drivers transport and accompany the sick, injured and pregnant women in specially equipped vehicles.

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