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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Policing of teaching activities

Article L212-13

…to the health and physical or moral safety of the participants, temporarily or permanently, from performing all or some of the functions mentioned in articles L. 212-1, L. 223-1 or L. 322-7 or from wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-11

Volunteers, trained in end-of-life care and belonging to associations that select them, may, with the agreement of the patient or their relatives and without interfering with medical and paramedical c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Education and research.

Article L1415-1

The mission and status of the Ecole des Hautes Études en Santé Publique are defined in article L. 756-2 of the French Education Code, reproduced below: Art. L. 756-2 -The Ecole des Hautes Études en Sa…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: The direct payment procedure for maintenance payments

Article L213-1

Any creditor of maintenance may have the amount of such maintenance paid directly to him by third parties who owe him sums of money that are due and payable to him. In particular, he may exercise this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 509-1

The accused must appear before the Criminal Appeals Chamber within four months of either the appeal, if the accused is detained, or the date on which the accused was subsequently remanded in custody,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-5

…arliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments, of the trading platform concerned ;2° Document the nature of their algorithmic trading strategies and provide detailed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles.

Article L2261-17

…lar to those of the sector in which the extension has already been granted, in terms of the jobs performed.Where the extension of an agreement or arrangement has been decreed in accordance with the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4142-4

…of the regional council to which it is attached, and, on the other hand, from among the members and former members of the councils of the order.The chamber sits as a panel of at least five members.In…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Primary care general practitioners and primary or secondary care specialists.

Article L4130-1

…in cooperation with the other professionals involved in the patient's care; 5° Ensuring that the information provided by the various healthcare professionals is summarised;5° bis Administering and co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-4

…ble term of six years. One or more alternates are appointed under the same conditions.No one may perform the duties of chairman or alternate chairman of a disciplinary chamber if they have reached the…

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