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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-123

A société d'exercice libéral formed by the conversion of a société civile professionnelle holding an office must be approved by order of the garde des sceaux, minister of justice.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Submission of applications for commercial authorisations not requiring planning permission.

Article R752-12

If the file is complete, the commission secretariat informs the applicant of the date and registration number of the application and the date by which the decision must be notified to the applicant. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-12

…s continued: 1° For the operations listed in article R. 5215-4, under the direction, responsibility and at the expense of the communes; 2° For the operations listed in article R. 5215-5, under the dir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4452-12

A joint order by the ministers for labour and agriculture specifies the procedures for risk assessment and for calculating and measuring levels of artificial optical radiation.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-127

…ed for in article D. 6124-122 is completed by at least one practitioner experienced in haemodynamic and interventional paediatric cardiology. The surgeons must have training and proven experience in c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-128

…e sector within a paediatric intensive care unit. It includes medical equipment adapted to newborns and children, in particular an extrarenal purification unit and a phototherapy unit.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-129

…ible with the life-threatening emergency: - blood gas tests, biological tests using microtechniques and haemostasis tests ; - two-dimensional transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography using…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for facilities dedicated to paediatric cardiac surgery

Article D6124-126

The full-time inpatient unit has a sufficient number of dedicated beds and the necessary staff to be able to provide pre- and post-operative cardiac surgery care for newborns and children at any time.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-12

…oods would have if there were no lack of conformity; 2° The significance of the lack of conformity; and 3° Any possibility of opting for the other choice without major inconvenience for the consumer.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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