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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-69

…uise ships, lifejackets must be readily available on board and caped at the discretion of the skipper. Children under twelve years of age must wear a lifejacket when on deck. In all other cases of nav…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-70

The surveillance and intervention arrangements to be put in place for each establishment take account of the types of activities offered for instruction by the establishment concerned and the skills o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3115-26

…health agencies any information relating to a health event meeting the criteria defined in article R. 3115-68. II. - When a maritime rescue operation, carried out under the conditions set out in arti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…re le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement de la République du Bénin relative à la circulation et au séjour des personnes, signée à Cotonou le 21 décembre 1992, approuvée par la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conformity assessment with internal production control, also known as the "EC self-certification" procedure

Article R4313-20

The internal production control procedure is the procedure whereby the manufacturer ensures that machinery or personal protective equipment satisfies the relevant technical rules of the applicable ann…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conformity assessment with internal production control, also known as the "EC self-certification" procedure

Article R4313-21

The manufacturer shall take the necessary measures to ensure, in the manufacturing process, that the machinery or personal protective equipment conforms to the machinery or personal protective equipme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative

Article R3213-2

I.-When a psychiatrist from the host establishment proposes to end a psychiatric care measure concerning a person mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12 or proposes, if the person is in full hospitalis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-2

…individual limited liability entrepreneur shall, where applicable, file, in accordance with Article R. 123-102, the descriptive statement provided for in I of Article L. 526-8 as well as, where applic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-22

In exercising their powers, the college of supervisors and the college of resolution assess the potential effects of disclosure of information relating to the person concerned or to the resolution pro…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Decentralised services in the regions.

Article R122-29

The Minister for Tourism has the regional directorates for business, competition, consumer affairs, labour and employment as decentralised departments.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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