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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-82

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency acknowledges receipt of the declaration received under Article R. 1413-79 and ensures that it is forwarded to the support centre for the prevention o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-49

In private health establishments, the contracts concluded in application of the code of medical ethics mentioned in article R. 4127-83 between the establishments and the members of the medical team in…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…S AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1611-1 and L. 1611-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-2-1 the loi n° 2011-1978 du 28 décembre 2011 L. 1611-3 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-3-1 the loi n°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot

Article A713-8

I.-When voting is carried out electronically, voting instruments are sent to voters by e-mail or by post. In the latter case, they are sent in an envelope whose format and the information to be entere…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise a professional activity

Article L7125-7

The President or the Vice-Presidents delegated by the President who, in order to carry out their mandate, have ceased their professional activity benefit, if they are employees, from the provisions of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R6261-2

All provisions relating to persons, companies, activities or professions governed by decree no. 83-487 of 10 June 1983 apply, in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, to persons, compani…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot

Article A713-9

I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the ele…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-4

The collective agreement provides that the rights allocated to the time savings account are used, in whole or in part:1° To contribute to the financing of retirement benefits which are of a collective…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

…412-11, renewed, re-evaluated or allocated in year n + 1 are subject to re-evaluation in year n + 2 if one of the cases mentioned in 1° to 4° of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Community harmonisation

Article R5121-51-12

Each year, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé sends the coordination group referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the Europea…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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