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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Doctors and pharmacists practising in university hospital centres

Article R6213-10

Failure by the Minister for Health and the Minister for Higher Education and Research to respond within four months of acknowledgement of receipt of an application for authorisation will be deemed to…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for setting up and running health centres

Article D6323-10

Any substantial change to the health project, in particular to the operating regulations, a change in the managing body or its legal representative, a change in the geographical location of the centre…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-10

I.-Health professionals shall report without delay to the body responsible for toxicovigilance in their area any case of human intoxication that they observe and which presents one of the following se…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-4-1

Any person wishing to open a public house mentioned in articles L. 3331-2 or L. 3331-3 must make a declaration under the conditions set out in the first to seventh paragraphs of article L. 3332-3, whi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-10

The Conciliators' Conference, instituted by article L. 141-4, is made up of a minimum of thirteen members and a maximum of twenty-one members, recognised for their knowledge of the organisation of spo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Work involving exposure to dangerous chemical agents

Article D4152-10

It is prohibited to assign or maintain pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in workstations exposing them to the following chemical agents: 1° Chemical agents that meet the criteria for classifica…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-10

The fact that the inspection operations reveal offences other than those mentioned in articles 60-1 to 60-4 does not constitute grounds for invalidity of the incidental proceedings.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-10

The duties of the person in charge of missions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority are:receiving, registering and examining applications for plant variety certificates and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056-2

The public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction to oppose the celebration of a marriage of a French national abroad is that of the place where the central civil status department of the Ministry o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056-1

The action for a judicial declaration of birth is governed by the provisions of articles 1049 to 1055. The operative part of the decision, containing the statements provided for in Article 57 of the C…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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