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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-24

Junior doctors authorised to practise medicine, pharmacy or dentistry as locums in a private health establishment are recruited under a private law contract and are subject to the provisions of the Fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Discipline

Article R6153-1-20

…ch he is suspended, the person concerned benefits from the elements of remuneration provided for in 1° of article R. 6153-1-7 and, where applicable, from allowances representing the benefits of accomm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R15-2-1

When serving in the operational reserve of the national gendarmerie, retired members of the national gendarmerie who have had the status of judicial police officer during their activity may be authori…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…of local mandates, small rural communes receive a special allocation taken from State revenues and determined each year according to the total population of these communes and their financial potentia…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-1

…otiable registered securities with an undertaking by a trader to pay on a specific date, issued in return for a loan. The conditions under which they are issued and offered for sale or circulation, by…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

…e to its beneficiary to acquire the encumbered land under the conditions and within the timeframes set out in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-8

…tection or unable to give their consent may only be asked to take part in the research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1 if research of comparable effectiveness cannot be carried out on anoth…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-15

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to night work set out in articles L. 3122-1 to L. 3122-24, L. 3163-1 and L. 3163-2 and the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fifth-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-20

…ofile provided for in article L. 1332-3. This profile includes in particular the following elements 1° A description of the physical, geographical and hydrogeological characteristics of the bathing wa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-2

…share information relating to the same person receiving care belong to the following two categories:1° The healthcare professionals mentioned in Part Four of this Code, whatever their mode of practice…

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