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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-200

Blood establishments and organisations or companies manufacturing or exploiting blood-derived medicinal products which are aware of information likely to cast doubt on the quality of blood or plasma i…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-200

I.-The attending physician, or failing this the physician designated by the patient, is the patient's medical referent during the stay. His or her agreement is sought prior to the patient being cared…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care without consent

Article R6123-200

In order to be authorised for "care without consent" and to take charge of adults in care without consent, the holder must be authorised for "adult psychiatry". In order to be authorised for "care wit…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of authorisation

Article R6332-4

Approval is granted pursuant to II of Article L. 6332-1-1 when the skills operators : 1° Are capable of implementing cost accounting ; 2° Operate in a field characterised by similar occupations, jobs…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Preparations for the ballot

Article A713-9

I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the ele…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Fees levied on the issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of residence permits and travel documents for foreign minors

Article L436-4

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 412-1, prior to the issue of a first residence permit, a foreign national who has entered France without the documents and visas required by the inter…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative and tax formalities

Article A444-172

The services listed under numbers 196 to 211 of the table referred to in article A. 444-53 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Des…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Special allocation relating to the conditions of exercise of local mandates.

Article R2335-2

I.-Overseas communes benefit from the two parts of the special allocation mentioned in article L. 2335-1 under the following conditions: 1° Pour les communes de Guadeloupe, de Guyane, de Martinique, d…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-6

At least once a year, the mayor must inspect or have inspected the fireplaces and chimneys of all buildings less than 200 metres from dwellings, after the day of the inspection has been made public at…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49

The amount of the fixed fine provided for in Article 529 is set as follows:1° 4 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians;2° 11 euros for other 1st class…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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