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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-16

The census procedure initiated by the municipality, as provided for in article L. 1332-1, aims to establish before each bathing season the list of bathing waters subject to the provisions of this sect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-16

The Director of the Agency, appointed by order of the Ministers for Overseas France and Health, is a civil servant or hospital practitioner governed by Section 1 of Chapter II of Title V of Book I of…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 A

I. When a company has offered its employees stock options under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-184 of the French Commercial Code or where one or more shareholders or unit hold…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Article R1524-6

Articles R. 1413-79 to R. 1413-83 and R. 1413-87 are applicable to the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2017-885 of 9 May 2017, subject to the fol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article R2223-66

Any contravention of the provisions of article L. 2223-4, of the articles R. 2213-2-1 to R. 2213-42, R. 2213-44 to R. 2213-46, R. 2223-74 to R. 2223-79 and Article R. 2223-89 is punishable by the pena…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-6

…alisation contracts where rights are expressed in units of account mentioned in 6° or 7° of article R. 131-1, the sum paid according to the contractual provisions is equal to the foreign currency or e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-69

…exemptions are granted by the Conseil national de l'ordre, under the conditions set out in articles L. 1453-6 and L. 1453-7, to distribute, for profit, remedies, appliances or products presented as ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXX: Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets

Article R54-6

The institution may take on secondment or secondment of civil servants from the State and local authorities, as well as civil servants from public or private bodies managing a public service, in accor…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Respective rights and duties of management and staff under their authority

Article R8124-6

…er their authority. To this end : 1° They shall explain the meaning of these rules to the employees and specify, through their instructions, how they are to be implemented; 2° They shall ensure that t…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-16

The employee may contest the employer's refusal within fifteen days of notification.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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