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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Taking account of the national health strategy in Corsica, in the local authorities referred to in Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R1411-7

The national health strategy includes a specific section for Corsica, each of the overseas collectivities governed by Article 73 of the French Constitution and those of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-78

…a rescue plan and the following rescue equipment available at the launch or immersion site:-A means of communication to alert the emergency services. A VHF is necessary when the dive takes place at se…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

…nce with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-27.The first paragraph of this article does not apply:1° To contracts lasting no more than seven days ;2° Fixed-term contra…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-7

…s members: 1° The insurance sector sub-committee has eight members: the Vice-Chairman, the Governor of the Banque de France or the Deputy Governor appointed to represent him, the four members mentione…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-7

Under the provisions of Article L. 812-3, benefit from exemption from the examination for admission to the traineeship :

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-7

…for life. Qualified herbalists may hold for sale and sell for medical use medicinal plants or parts of plants, whether indigenous or acclimatised, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 5…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-7

…the establishment's activities and resources, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for Health. The Director communicates the results of the cost accounting to the Supe…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: The business project support contract for the creation or takeover of an economic activity.

Article L127-7

The procedures for publicising business project support contracts for the creation or takeover of an economic activity and the other measures for applying this chapter are set by decree in the Conseil…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-7

The members of the guarantee fund provide it with the financial resources it needs to carry out its tasks, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The guarantee fu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to the formation of a company dedicated to carrying out the project

Article L2213-7

…orming the purchaser and, where applicable, the procedures for sharing the capital gain on the sale of the shares.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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