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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-20

The Chairman of the Policy Board and its members are appointed for a term of three years, renewable once. If a seat falls vacant due to the permanent inability of its holder or the loss of the capacit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 91-1

In criminal cases, where an offence against persons is covered by Book II of the Criminal Code or where an offence against property is covered by Book III of the same Code and is accompanied by offenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

In criminal matters, when it concerns an offence against persons provided for in Book II of the Criminal Code or when it concerns an offence against property provided for in Book III of the same Code…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-20

An application for the amicable sale of the property may be submitted and judged before service of the summons to appear at the orientation hearing, provided that the debtor brings into question the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-20

Nurses have a duty to use all the means at their disposal to ensure that everyone lives with dignity until death. In particular, they have a duty to help patients whose condition so requires to have a…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article R4424-20

The Assembly of Corsica determines the conditions under which the communes mentioned in the section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code or their groupings are designated as tou…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-20

…compensation given to the association by virtue of the consumer's membership of the group is equivalent to the power to carry out on the consumer's behalf all procedural acts and steps with a view to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-20

A regulation, drawn up with the agreement of the regional prefect by each mission responsible for the pedagogical supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma and the relevant chamber o…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Sterilisation of medical devices.

Article R6111-20

On the basis of a contract that complies with good hospital pharmacy practice, the principles of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Health, and after obtaining the opinion of the regiona…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-20

The employer who employs the employee during the bad weather maintains, for the duration of the work, the salary he was receiving before the work stoppage due to the bad weather. The hours paid in thi…

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