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Showing 18711880 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131-6

When the authorisation holder provides care for adolescents and young adults aged between 15 and 24 suffering from cancer, it: 1° Relies on inter-hospital multidisciplinary referral teams for the care…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-6

The provisions of article R. 6153-20 relating to interruptions in service during the training period are applicable to junior doctors.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-66-1

…ation issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail becomes null and void if it appears : 1° That it is not followed by the marketing of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-6-1

The Delegate Judge for Victims shall ensure, with due respect for the balance of the rights of the parties, that the rights granted by law to victims are taken into account. To this end, he or she sha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-4-1

If a request for mutual assistance from a foreign judicial authority concerns acts committed outside national territory that are likely to be connected with the missions carried out, for the purposes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-19

The president of the college and the deputy presidents are appointed by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health for a renewable term of three years. The chairman of the college is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-31

For the application of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006, the services or units of the national police, the national gendarmerie, the Directorate-General for Customs and Exci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-32

…onfidentiality of investigations, any information or data exchanged shall be confidential. The procedures for transmitting and storing such information and data shall ensure compliance with this princ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-1-6

The number of ballot papers to be drawn up is equal to the number of persons still to be designated by the authorities mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 1412-1-5. The number of ballot pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-6

Subject to the exceptions provided for in Article 696-34, extradition shall be granted only on condition that the person extradited will not be prosecuted or convicted for an offence other than that f…

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