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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 4: "paediatric haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-34-2

…ery four state-qualified nurses;2° One nursery assistant or auxiliary nurse for every six open beds;3° Where necessary, a psychologist, a social worker and staff with biomedical skills.The staff menti…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-15

…2° bis L. 1226-10, relating to unfitness following an accident at work or an occupational disease; 3° L. 4624-3 and L. 4624-4, relating to individual measures that may be proposed by the occupational…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Progression of the sentence

Article D88

The content of the sentence execution pathway and the procedures for defining and updating it are determined by the provisions of sub-section 2 of section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of the P…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-3

…gory of the assets held in the sub-accounting system;2° The performance of the assets over the year;3° The amount of mathematical provisions and diversification provisions.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial imbalance

Article D6143-39

…ablishment's total income from all activities, or the establishment has a self-financing shortfall; 3° The establishment's self-financing capacity is insufficient to cover the contractual capital repa…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-3

…in item 12 of C of the same table or the categories or classes of shares held by each shareholder; 3° Where applicable, at the express request of the issuing company or its authorised representative,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-5

…(EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 mentioned in Article 631-2 as regards the expenditure mentioned in 3° of Article 634-3.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-38

…al committee; 2° The "Grand-Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes" regional committee; 3° The "Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corse" regional grouping; 4° The "Hauts-de-France, No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-2

…e care and multi-purpose paediatric intensive care, and speciality intensive care where applicable; 3° Derogatory multi-purpose paediatric intensive care; 4° Paediatric haematology intensive care.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-35

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice may, on a proposal from the commission provided for in Article R. 742-36, grant the clerk referred to in Article R. 742-33 a partial exemption from the tra…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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