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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article D6124-286

The holder of the authorisation for the surgical care activity referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 6123-202 has a medical team comprising: 1° At least one doctor specialising in paediatric surger…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to care units

Article D6124-282

…for appointing and qualifying the coordinating doctor of the care unit referred to in article D. 6124-271; 3° The general organisation of staff attendance and continuity of care; 4° The procedures fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article D6124-287

The practice of bariatric surgery, mentioned in 3° of the I of article R. 6123-202, requires access at all times to equipment and instruments adapted to the care of patients suffering from obesity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to care units

Article D6124-277

Outpatient surgery consists of performing surgical procedures equivalent to those performed in a full-time hospital setting, in terms of their nature, complexity and the medical supervision they requi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1597

…s acting as public prosecutors, court clerks, bailiffs, lawyers, unofficial defenders and notaries, may not become assignees of litigious suits, rights and actions which fall within the jurisdiction o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1594

Anyone not prohibited by law may buy or sell.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Who may buy or sell.

Article 1596

Cannot make themselves purchasers, on pain of nullity, either by themselves or by interposed persons: Guardians, of the property of those of whom they have guardianship; Agents, of the property they a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-9

…r the law of the issuing State, within one of the categories of offences mentioned in Article D. 48-24; 7° A full description of the offence where it does not fall within one of the categories of offe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-6

The financial penalties that may be enforced pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article 707-1 are those resulting from a decision, taken by the competent authority of a Member State of the European Un…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-7

Financial penalties imposed by: 1° A court of the issuing State in respect of a criminal offence under the law of that State; 2° An authority of the issuing State other than a court in respect of a cr…

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