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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-12

The practitioner must return to his post within two months of receiving the notification provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 6152-8, unless a dispensation is granted by the Director Gener…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-12

The regional prefect has two months in which to issue the authorisation or make known his reasoned refusal, if he considers that the organisation does not ensure conditions of safety for disabled adul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-120

An undertaking for collective real estate investment whose information document for subscribers provided for in III of Article L. 214-35 stipulates that the undertaking is reserved for no more than tw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-12

The dose limits defined in Article R. 1333-11 do not apply to persons subject to the following exposures:1° Exposure of patients as part of a diagnosis or therapeutic treatment based on ionising radia…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R221-12

I. - Nationals of France or of another Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may obtain the professional guide-lecturer card referred to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-12

Any substantial modification requires a new authorisation to be issued under the conditions set out in Article R. 1125-8. If the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire does not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Mobilisation of loans by the assignee or the pledgee

Article R753-12

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for authorisation to carry out certain sampling procedures

Article R6213-12

I.-Medical biologists who do not meet any of the conditions mentioned in article R. 6213-11 may only carry out the following procedures with a view to medical biology examinations, if they also prove…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision by the Minister responsible for culture

Article R211-12

I. - The cinema licence is accompanied by one of the following classification measures:1° Authorisation of screening for all audiences ; 2° Prohibition on showing to minors under twelve years of age;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Information for purchasers of recording media subject to private copy levies

Article R311-12

The authority competent to impose administrative fines for breaches of Article L. 311-4-1 is the administrative authority designated by article R. 141-4 of the Consumer Code. Prior to any decision, th…

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