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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-153

The burns treatment facility includes at least : 1° A technical area for receiving and conditioning patients ; 2° One or more full-time hospitalisation sectors comprising : - at least 6 beds adapted f…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-43-1

For safety reasons, the number of establishment staff present with the children actually cared for may not be less than two, including, for establishments and services with a capacity of more than twe…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-30-1

It is forbidden to usurp titles, to use titles that have not been authorised by the National Council, or to use any means intended to mislead the public as to the value of its titles.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-19-2

Practitioners from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to the practice of the profession of doctor in France underarticle L. 40…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

I. - If the payer's payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Saint-Barthélemy and the payee's payment service provider is located outside France, regardless of the currency u…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-10-1

The following changes to the authorisation to open a pharmaceutical establishment must be declared, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 5124-3: 1° Change in the corporate name of the compan…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article D6154-10-1

The fee referred to in Article L. 6154-3, payable to the establishment by self-employed practitioners, is set as a percentage of the fees they receive for this activity. However, fees received for exa…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L514-1

I. - Municipal credit unions are public municipal credit and welfare institutions. In particular, their mission is to combat usury by granting loans against tangible collateral, for which they have a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L541-1

I.-Financial investment advisers are persons who engage in the following activities on a regular professional basis: 1° Investment advice as referred to in 5 of article L. 321-1 ; 2° (Repealed) 3° Adv…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1251-12-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-12, the total duration of the assignment contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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