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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-1

…ion to psychiatric care has been submitted under the conditions provided for in 1° of II of article L. 3212-1 or when an imminent danger to the patient's health has been established under the conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-6

…bject to the provisions of Chapter I of this Title which takes the decision to suspend or cease marketing thereof or which has knowledge of facts likely to lead to the suspension or cessation of such…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-46

…until the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, réunie en formation limitée aux représentants des collectivités territoriales et de l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-3

…opinion and the investigation has been authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, where applicable, any substantial modification at the initiative of the sp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article L2213-15

The surveillance operations mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2213-14 alone give entitlement to fees, the amount of which, set by the mayor after consulting the municipal council, is betw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

…or collecting this data or on behalf of the patient him/herself, shall do so under the conditions set out in this article. Hosting, on whatever medium, paper or digital, is carried out after the pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-2

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6147-14, a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes may be formed by public or private health establishments, medico-social establishments…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-13

After publication in the Journal officiel of the decision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution resulting in the dissolution of an undertaking referred to in 1° and in the last parag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-16

…five hundred employees ;2° Eighteen hours per year in companies with at least one thousand employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team.

Article L3132-16

In industries or industrial undertakings, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended collective labour agreement may stipulate that operational staff work in two groups, one of…

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