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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-10

The authorisation holder has an organisation enabling it to record in writing, in order to ensure traceability, referrals of patients for the continuation of systemic cancer drug treatments close to t…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Cases in which foreign nationals may be placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L752-1

The administrative authority may place under house arrest, for the purposes of rapid processing and effective monitoring of their asylum application, foreign nationals whose right to remain has ended…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Elements and devices contributing to the promotion of a tobacco product

Article R3512-30

All messages, symbols, trademarks, trade names, figurative or other signs are considered to be elements and devices that contribute to the promotion of a tobacco product, within the meaning of 1° of I…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-12

The decision on house arrest taken pursuant to article L. 731-1 may be challenged under the conditions provided for in article L. 732-8.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-10

The foreign national may ask the president of the administrative court or the magistrate appointed for this purpose for the assistance of an interpreter and communication of the file containing the do…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-13

The decision to place the person in detention may only be challenged before the liberty and custody judge, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 741-10.In this case, the liberty and custody…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Procedure applicable in the event of a foreign national being placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-11

The president of the administrative court or the magistrate appointed for this purpose may travel to the seat of the judicial court closest to the place where the foreign national is located if the la…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R3133-17

If the contracting authority has recourse to a service provider whose intervention is a condition for the payment of the sums due, the intervention of the latter does not modify the payment deadline i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Employment contract

Article D7313-1

For the application of the legislation on paid leave, a traveller, sales representative or sales assistant who exercises his profession under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 7311-1 to L. 73…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringement of a copyright or related right by an online public communication service

Article L443-1

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may refer the matter to the court under the conditions set out inarticle L. 336-2 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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