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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for the "rehabilitation" option

Article D6124-206

…in I of article D. 6124-197, the multidisciplinary team includes: 1° At least one physiotherapist; 2° At least one occupational therapist; 3° Where necessary, at least one speech therapist, dietician…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 289

…s placed in free zones may be subject to:1° Loading, unloading, transhipment or storage operations ;2° Handling as provided for in article 153-1 above;3° Processing, working or additional labour, unde…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Revenue declarations

Article 287

…e Conseil d'Etat.3 bis. Taxpayers whose turnover is less than the thresholds provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 162-4 of the code of taxes on goods and services and whose amount of tax due in res…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R*3231-2-1

For the application of article L. 3231-8, the ratio of the reference index measuring changes in the basic hourly wage of manual and clerical workers to the price index mentioned in article R. * 3231-2…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Work requiring the use of work equipment

Article D4153-28

…1° Machines mentioned in article R. 4313-78, regardless of when they were first put into service ; 2° Machinery with moving parts involved in the performance of the work which cannot be made inaccess…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

…for the Economy or the Minister for the Budget for the persons mentioned in 8° of Article L. 561-2;2° By the Minister for the Interior, the Minister for the Economy or the Minister for the Budget for…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-11

Any person providing proof of their identity shall, upon request to the public prosecutor at the judicial court in whose jurisdiction they reside, be provided with all the information concerning them…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-22-1

The preimplantation diagnosis referred to in Article L. 2131-4 may only be carried out if the applicant, whether the couple or the unmarried woman, fulfils the conditions required for the implementati…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15-2

When the Commission considers that the damage suffered is of the serious nature provided for in II of Article L. 1142-1 or when it receives a claim for compensation for the harmful consequences of an…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-3

Any undertaking, agreement or contractual clause relating to a practice prohibited by articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2, L. 420-2-1 and L. 420-2-2.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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