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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12-2

Pôle emploi will give an explicit decision on any request from an employer concerning one of its corporate officers or a person holding a corporate office whose purpose is to determine whether he or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-8-1

I. - Medical biology examinations, including in emergency situations, are carried out within timescales compatible with the state of the art, in accordance with the information available to the biolog…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L6241-5-1

The disciplinary chambers of the Ordre des Médecins or the Ordre des Pharmaciens are competent to rule on a complaint lodged against a company operating a private medical biology laboratory when that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-5-1

I.-Where a consortium set up in application of article L. 3112-1 of the Public Procurement Code is composed for the most part of local authorities or local public establishments, a commission is set u…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-4-1

The delegated sports federations take out personal insurance policies for their licence-holders on the list of top-level sportsmen and women mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2, cover…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provision of digital content and services

Article L224-25-10

The trader shall provide the digital content or the digital service without undue delay after the conclusion of the contract, unless the parties expressly agree on a specific date or period. The trade…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for the authorisation and operation of health establishments, medical biology laboratories and other organisations

Article L2142-3-1

In each establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out biological activities for medically assisted procreation, a responsible person is designated, respon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-2-1

…Under the conditions set out in II, an administrative fine of up to €500 may be imposed for any failure to comply with a mayor's order that presents a risk to personal safety and is of a repetitive o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

I. - When an armed forces hospital or other component of the armed forces health service participates in the implementation of the mental health policy conducted in application of this chapter : 1° Th…

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