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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-9

I.-In order to carry out one or more of the activities provided for in 1° to 10° below, the internal-use pharmacy must have an authorisation expressly mentioning this or these activities or issued tac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91

I.-Authorisation may only be granted if the applicant is a member of the specific regional cancer scheme recognised by the Institut national du cancer. II-The holder of the authorisation meets the acc…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special temporary assignments for doctors and engineers

Article R8123-9

The labour inspection engineers referred to in Article L. 8123-6 are chosen from a list drawn up by decree after consulting the Conseil d'Orientation des Conditions de Travail.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-9

I. - After their appointment, interns, regardless of their assignment, come under the authority of the university hospital centre to which they are attached for all acts of management relating to thei…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-9

Aforeign nationals may not be held in an administrative detention facility after the liberty and custody judge has extended their detention pursuant to article L. 742-3.However, in the event of an app…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-9

The president of the court shall be seised under the accelerated procedure on the merits of applications for provisional or protective measures provided for in Article L. 692-9.It rules in chambers af…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-9

In the succession of a child who has consented to his or her own descendants being allotted in his or her place, the property received by them from the ascendant is treated as if they held it from the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R121-9

As part of the tasks set out in Article L. 121-3, the Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration deliberates on:1° The general organisational and operational conditions of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Funeral home, mortuary and crematorium (R)

Article R2223-95

When the transfer of the body to the mortuary room requires leaving the grounds of a health establishment or an accommodation establishment for the elderly or one of their sites, the transport without…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-93

The list of operations to be supported and the amounts allocated to local authorities or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are decided jointly by the Minister for Culture and the M…

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