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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-3

…compliance with recommendations for good use designed to prevent the development of risks to human and animal health associated with antibiotic resistance, established, on a proposal from the Agence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-3

…tor General of the Regional Health Agency. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3-1

…of public health establishments are applicable to the private health establishments mentioned in b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code, subject to the rules of organisation and o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3-2

…ate body, the sums allocated to the closed establishment or service by the State, local authorities and their public establishments or by social security bodies and used to finance the fixed assets of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-11-3

…ensures that the criminal court has the information it needs to assess the reality of the violence and the possible application of Article 122-7 of the Criminal Code relating to the state of necessit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-3

When the summonses provided for in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of article D. 48-2 have not been given to the convicted person at the end of the hearing or by the Sentence Enforcement Office, these summonses are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-32

…period of not less than one month in which to make its observations known. The Prefect may then demand repayment of any sums wrongly received.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-31

When the body approved under article L. 5132-15 is an association, it prepares its annual accounts in accordance with the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables in force for the annual acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-30

…ities carried out by the organisation under each of the two agreements are accounted for separately and give rise to separate segment reporting in the notes to the financial statements.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316

…y an official document issued by a public authority containing his or her surname, first name, date and place of birth, photograph and signature as well as the identification of the authority that iss…

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