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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-1

For the purposes of Article L. 111-4, the following definitions apply: "Portable computer": a computer specially designed to be portable and to be able to operate for long periods of time with or with…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

…ars or a more serious sentence.This measure obliges the person to remain at his or her home or at a residence set by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge and to be absent only unde…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-7

…does not apply to transfers made in favour of persons: 1° Providing proof of a sufficient period of residence in Saint-Martin; 2° Providing proof of a sufficient period of marriage, cohabitation or ci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory recovery of wages and allowances due to foreign employees not authorised to work

Article R8252-8

For any foreign employee placed in administrative detention, under house arrest or who is no longer on national territory, the Director General of the Office will remind the employer, by registered le…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316

…n of the authority that issued the document, the date and place of issue; 2° His or her domicile or residence by producing a supporting document dated less than three months. Where it is not possible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-16

…rmal qualifications or authorisation. They must inform the same department or body of any change of residence or professional situation. For people who have practised as pharmacists, the obligation to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 801

…s order shall be sent to each of the parties by simple letter addressed to their actual domicile or residence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition

Article R6144-3

I.-The composition of the hospital medical committee is set as follows:1° All the heads of the clinical and medico-technical activity divisions of the establishment ;2° Elected representatives of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-38

The authorisation is issued for a period of five years. It specifies the medical biology tests that the laboratory is authorised to carry out for patients resident in France.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-31

The facilities are architecturally and functionally designed in such a way as to guarantee the necessary hygiene and aseptic conditions for each resident, as well as respect for their privacy and dign…

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