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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-1

The holder of the surgical oncology authorisation must ensure that the surgeons who carry out surgical oncology are qualified in the speciality in which they operate and have regular oncological activ…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 108

Children under the age of 16 are heard without oath.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-1

Conventional subrogation occurs on the creditor's initiative where the creditor, receiving his payment from a third party, subrogates that third party in his rights against the debtor.This subrogation…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-15

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 71-111-14 are forwarded to the local authority.They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Assembly of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-155

…proved by the regional director for youth, sport and associations in accordance with article R. 212-79. It is carried out entirely in the presence of practising athletes, under the supervision of a tr…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other written documents

Article 1378-1

Domestic registers and papers are not evidence in favour of the person who wrote them.They are evidence against him:1° In all cases where they formally state a payment received;2° When they contain th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-2-1

Owners of the buildings referred to in articles R. 1334-16 to R. 1334-18 who fail to carry out the visual inspection and measurement of dust levels required in the first sentence of article R. 1334-29…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-197-1

Public limited companies that adopt a simplified presentation pursuant to Article L. 123-16 shall include in the notes to the financial statements a list of transactions carried out between the compan…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within a group of undertakings

Article L3344-1

Incentives, profit-sharing or a company savings plan may be set up within a group made up of companies that are legally independent but have established financial and economic links between them. Howe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime made during the marriage

Article 1303-1

Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, that authority shall mention in the margin of that record, at the request of the spouses or of one of them, the record designating the law appl…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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