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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 18: Psychiatry

Article R6123-174

…f the authorisation provides, on site or by agreement with another holder, care for patients in the form of part-time stays, full-time stays and outpatient care, including care at home. In order to gu…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Teaching and research activities

Article R6133-23

…ration Sanitaire may participate in research activities in the following areas and in the following forms: 1° Association with the biomedical research activities referred to in articles L. 1121-1 et s…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-7

Before taking up their duties, interns must provide proof, in the form of a certificate issued by a hospital doctor, that they are physically and mentally fit to carry out the hospital duties for whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-252

…of its registration: 1° The company name, followed, where applicable, by its acronym; 2° The legal form, specifying the company's legal personality and its legal personality; 3. 2° Its legal form, sp…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-30

…or part of its portfolio of insurance contracts, operations or contract or regulation subscription forms, under the conditions set out in Articles L. 324-1 of this Code, L. 212-11 of the Mutual Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-10

The company is formed subject to the suspensive condition of its approval by the director general of the regional health agency for the region in which the company has its registered office.The applic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-5

…e decisions shall be notified to the applicant and, where appropriate, to the other parties, in the forms and within the time limits laid down by decree in the Council of State.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to decisions taken by professional leagues

Article R132-18

Pursuant to II of article 21 of the law of 12 April 2000 and by way of exception to the application of the two-month period provided for in the first paragraph of I of this article, the period on expi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-42

On pain of nullity, the notice of opposition shall contain an indication of the writ of execution by virtue of which it was filed, a separate statement of the sums claimed in principal, costs and accr…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: The orientation hearing

Article R322-19

An appeal against a decision on a referral is lodged, investigated and judged according to the fixed day procedure without the appellant having to invoke a peril in his application. Where the appeal i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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