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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-6

…e interviews with patients and their families ; 2° Individual or group sociotherapeutic activities; 3° Supervision of patients in isolation rooms; 4° Monitoring and evaluating therapeutic commitments…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Instructions and packaging.

Article R5133-2

…n in French for the user: 1° The name of the reagent ; 2° The name and address of the distributor ; 3° The indication "in vitro use"; 4° If necessary, the indication "danger"; 5° Storage conditions; 6…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-26-1

…ntal project, or for implementing an embryo research protocol in application of Article L. 2151-5 ; 3° A room used exclusively for the storage of gametes, germ tissue and embryos with a view to carryi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to non-pre-packaged foodstuffs

Article R412-13

…d information to consumers, as amended; 2° Packaged at the point of sale at the consumer's request; 3° Prepackaged with a view to immediate sale.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42-1

Notwithstanding article L. 2232-24 of the Labour Code, in companies not subject to the obligation to organise the elections provided for in Book III of Part Two of the same code, the agreements mentio…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1-2

…identify the source of the connection or data relating to the terminal equipment used mentioned in 3° of II bis of article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code or the traffic…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R211-2

Natural or legal persons registered in the register provided for in article L. 141-3 must mention the name or business name and legal form of the company or organisation, their registration number, an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Project owners

Article L2411-1

…ousing Code for rental housing assisted by the State and built by these bodies and their groupings; 3° The private bodies mentioned in article L. 124-4 of the French Social Security Code, as well as t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-23

…d financial autonomy, only the staff of the régie must provide proof of this professional capacity; 3° Of the compliance of the technical installations with requirements laid down by decree; 4° Of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-1

…d for in the General Tax Code, namely: 1° The proceeds of the communal mining royalty; 2° Repealed; 3° The proceeds of the tax on shows, games and entertainment, as well as increases in the tax on sho…

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