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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-6

…lation (EU) No 575/2013; 2° The amounts of other commitments that may be used for internal bail-in; 3° For the own funds and commitments mentioned in 1° and 2° respectively: a) Their composition, incl…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Training agreement

Article R5123-7

…the expected number of trainees; 2° The conditions for setting up and running the training courses; 3° The technical supervision enabling, in particular, the training time used as a basis for the Stat…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-6

…a period of one month following service of the document with the date on which this period expires; 3° The designation of the enforcement judge of the debtor's domicile, competent to rule on the dispu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-35-1

I.-Police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be published in the official register of the authority when they concern breaches of: 1° the rules intended to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-13

Any person who, having consented to medically assisted procreation, does not recognise the resulting child is liable to both the mother and the child. In addition, his paternity is judicially declared…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-36

…donor ; 2° The results of the biological analyses and screening tests carried out on the donation; 3° The identification of the blood establishment to which the prepared unit was sent, when the unit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to borough mayors, deputy borough mayors and borough councillors (R).

Article R2511-21

…ve hours for arrondissement mayors; 2° Fifty-two and a half hours for deputy arrondissement mayors; 3° Ten and a half hours for arrondissement councillors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group Medical Commission

Article D6132-13-3

…p ;2° Elected representatives of the heads of internal structures, departments and functional units;3° Elected representatives of permanent practitioners from establishments belonging to the consortiu…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Radiological procedures likely to be performed by specially authorised persons.

Article R4351-28

…icle R. 4351-29: 1° Installing the patient ; 2° Preparing the equipment needed to obtain the image; 3° adjusting and activating the equipment; 4° Collecting the image and processing it, limited, in th…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-21

…the following order of priority: 1° Requests that have already been deferred; 2° Family situation; 3° Length of service with the company.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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