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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Transport and escort of prisoners hospitalised in specially adapted units

Article R3214-21

The provisions relating to the transport of detainees between a specially adapted unit and a prison or a place of consultation or hospitalisation outside the unit for somatic reasons are set out in ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-62

The provisions of articles R. 6142-4 and R. 6142-30 do not apply to the agreements relating to the organisation of hospital placements provided for in article R. 6153-60. These agreements determine th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: 1° In article R. 2141-2, in 2°, the words: "if they have not already been under the conditions defined in article R. 2141-4," and, in 3°, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for overseas departments.

Article R214-2

The supporting documents provided for in articles R. 211-15 to R. 211-21 are only required, in each of the overseas departments, in respect of vehicles registered in that department and vehicles not s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-36

The State laboratory referred to in Article R. 512-31, draws up, as soon as its work is completed, or as soon as it receives the results of the analyses or tests entrusted to the laboratories authoris…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article R251-2

The provisions of articles R. 232-2 to R. 232-7 are applicable to the economic interest group. However, the documents mentioned in article R. 232-3 as well as the reports mentioned in Article R. 232-4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article R1312-10

The following is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences: 1° Without complying with the declaration or practice conditions laid down in article R. 1311-7 ; 2° Without complying with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Expertise and investigation

Article R4234-20

I.- Articles R. 621-1 to R. 621-11 and R. 621-14 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to expertise are applicable before the Disciplinary Board of First Instance and before the National Disc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-35

If, on expiry of the period provided for in article R. 6223-33, the rightful claimants of the deceased member have not exercised their option to transfer their shareholder's shares, and if no prior co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R5471-1

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach mentioned in articles R. 5461-4 and R…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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