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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Holders of the higher technician diploma in medical imaging and therapeutic radiology.

Article D4351-13-1

The higher technician diploma in medical imaging and therapeutic radiology, a national higher education diploma in accordance with the fifth paragraph (4°) of article D. 613-7 of the Education Code, i…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D331-1-1

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts with exclusive jurisdiction to hear actions relating to literary and artistic property pursuant to Article L. 331-1of the Intellectual Property Code ar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Alternative care structures to hospitalisation

Article D6124-305

An operating charter specific to each care structure referred to in Article D. 6124-301-1 is drawn up and specifies in particular: 1° The organisation of the facility, particularly with regard to staf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Environmental appendix

Article D145-34

The content of the environmental annex mentioned in article L. 125-9of the Environment Code is defined in articles R. 137-1 to R. 137-3 of the Construction and Housing Code.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article D420-2

The manager of a trading platform and its members synchronise the professional clocks used to record the date and time of any reportable event.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-3

The activity of providers of participative financing services referred to in article L. 547-4 relates exclusively to offers of shares in cooperative societies constituted in the form of a public limit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-2

Where the provider of equity crowdfunding services asks the AMF to withdraw its authorisation, it shall transfer the existing contracts to another provider of equity crowdfunding services authorised t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article D547-4

For the purposes of Article L. 547-5, the provider of participative finance services shall include the overheads incurred by the activity mentioned in Article L. 547-4 in the calculation of the pruden…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article D947-2

In Article R. 721-3, the words: "and the number of chambers of each commercial court" are replaced by the words: "of the mixed commercial court of Papeete", and the words: "in the tables in Annex 7-2…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The sentence enforcement judge.

Article D49-1-1

Where there are several enforcement judges in a judicial court, the president shall designate, after consulting the general assembly of sitting magistrates, the enforcement judge who shall exercise th…

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