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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Seizure of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R224-10

Where the proceedings are aimed at apprehending one or more specific items of property placed in the safe with a view to handing them over to a third party, a summons to deliver or return shall be ser…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-1

Financial securities are evidenced only by an entry in the securities account of the owner(s) or for the benefit of the owner(s) in a shared electronic recording device.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

I.-The participation of an insurance undertaking in a trust contract formed for the purpose of reorganisation pursuant to Article L. 311-41 is valued for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a particip…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-4

Within the time limit set out in article R. 2242-3, the employer shall send it, by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt, evidence that it is complying with the obligation(s) set out in…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-80

The declaration mentioned in article R. 1413-79 includes: 1° The nature of the infection and the dates and circumstances of its occurrence or, failing this, of its discovery; 2° A mention of the inves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-5

The sponsor provides the investigators within the meaning of Article R. 5141-3 with the following information: 1° The title and objective of the trial requested ; 2° Identification of the medicinal pr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

Practitioners appointed under 4° or 5° of article R. 6152-7 are classified in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military se…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-29

When the liberty and custody judge decides to refer the matter to himself pursuant to the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the person undergoing psychiatric care, his lawyer as…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval of practitioners

Article R1131-11

Withdrawal of the approval of the practitioner referred to in article R. 1131-6 is incurred in the event of a breach of the prescriptions provided for in this chapter or in the event of a breach of th…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-14

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of more than 600 kg per day and whose discharges occur in a sensitive area…

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