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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to economic and financial capacity

Article R2142-12

The purchaser may require an appropriate level of professional risk insurance.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-12

An undivided co-owner who manages one or more undivided assets is liable for the net proceeds of his management. He or she shall be entitled to remuneration for his or her activity under the condition…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-12

Curatorship ends: 1° By the allocation of all assets to the payment of debts and legacies; 2° By the realisation of all assets and the consignment of the net proceeds; 3° By the restitution of the est…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article R611-12

1. Inventions made by civil servants or public employees in the performance either of tasks involving an inventive mission corresponding to their duties, or of studies or research explicitly entrusted…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-12

The provisions set out in articles R. 718-2 and R. 718-4 are applicable to this section.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ethics officers in health authorities and bodies

Article R1451-12

The compliance officer has direct access to the declarations of interest filed on the dedicated website. When declarations of interest are not filed on the dedicated website, they are given to the com…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Work using site vehicles, equipment and machinery.

Article R4534-12

If a vehicle, piece of equipment or mobile worksite machinery is stationary on sloping ground without its driver, it must be immobilised by any appropriate means.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-12

The contract is signed no later than one month after the diagnosis is carried out, on behalf of the State, by the legal representative of the local mission or any employee duly authorised by him/her a…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Installation and operation of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-12

An in-house pharmacy may be authorised to have premises located on several separate sites belonging to one or more of the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in Article R. 5126-1, prov…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article R6146-12

All permanent or probationary civil servants and contract staff working in the establishment on the date of the ballot are eligible to vote. Staff in each category appoint their representatives to the…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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