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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-36

I. - Authorisation for entries 1° and 2° under the adult critical care modality may only be granted if the holder has at his disposal twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year: a) On site, full-t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L131-3

Any breach of the spare parts availability obligation mentioned in articles L. 111-4 and L. 111-4-1 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-3

…e conciliation attempt, the judicial conciliator summons the parties, as necessary, to a place, day and time that he/she determines. The parties may be assisted before the judicial conciliator by a pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control.

Article L6116-3

…t.All other accounting documents required for the audit are made available to the pricing authority and, where necessary, communicated by the latter to the departments responsible for economic and fin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Application for circuit approval

Article A331-21-3

…circuit including, in particular, detailed plans of the spectator areas; 3° The surname, first name and address of the applicant or of the representative of the legal person. The applicant must send t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding.

Article L4743-3

…officer pursuant to Article L. 4733-2 or Article L. 4733-3 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €3,750.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-3

…ial supervision from approaching the victim at less than a certain distance set by the decision; 2° And, in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition provided for in 1°, require this person to w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-3

…of the offence or to the creditor of a maintenance debt shall be returned if the case is dismissed and, unless Article 372, in the event of a discharge or acquittal. In the event of conviction, it is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-3

…y more than four months the maximum period of detention provided for respectively in articles 145-1 and 145-2. Where the sentence incurred is less than that mentioned in article 143-1, the total perio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Equal access for people with disabilities.

Article L6112-3

Disabled persons and persons treated as such, as referred to in article L. 5212-13, have access to all the training schemes provided for in this section in accordance with the principle of equal treat…

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