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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-6-1

…s, including genetic tests, constitutes a national health programme within the meaning ofarticle L. 1411-6. The procedures for organising this screening and the list of diseases covered by it are set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-5-1

…up a regional report on the self-employed activities of the practitioners mentioned in article L. 6154-1.At the request of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the Commission issues an…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-112-3

…ulations on poisonous substances and containing substances mentioned in 7°, 8° or 9° of article L. 5132-2 are used in veterinary medicine in compliance with good practices defined by order of the mini…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work carried out off-voltage.

Article R4534-117

…gise the line before the work and re-energise it after the work has been carried out. The employer: 1° Does not order work to begin until he has checked that de-energising has been carried out; 2° Vis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-16

…ing powers similar to its own or with the European authorities mentioned in 9° of I of Article L. 821-1, a request for information, documents or assistance is made to the High Council by one of these…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17-1

…in part, on their territory. The communes déléguées with a commune council pursuant to article L. 2113-12 may receive allocations from the new commune. The amount of the sums earmarked for the alloca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Vocational training

Article L4433-14-1

I.-When a public establishment created on the basis of article L. 4433-14 succeeds a public administrative establishment, all the rights, property and obligations of the public administrative establis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article D4362-12-1

…his surname, first name, position, registration identifier made in accordance with Article L. 4362-1, date and sign this modification. He informs the prescriber by any means that guarantees the confi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions

Article R4443-1-1

Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of this Part Four, in the version resulting from Decree No 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the conditions set…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-7

The company terminates: 1° By expiry of the period for which it was formed, unless extended in accordance with Article 1844-6 ; 2° By the realisation or extinction of its object;

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