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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

…No 1889/2005 is investigated, recorded and punished under the conditions set out in Article L. 152-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code. II - Customs officers may temporarily detain cash transported…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 424

…net tonnes or 500 gross tonnes sailing or at anchor in the maritime zone within the customs radius;4° goods found in free zones in breach of articles 287-1, 288-2 to 4 and 289 above.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-433

The establishment must be located in a quiet environment and have green spaces adapted to its capacity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-439

The establishment must be managed by either a doctor or a nursery nurse. If there is no medical director, a doctor must be attached to each establishment. This doctor, who does not have to be resident…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-442

Social services are provided by a full-time social services assistant if the size of the establishment warrants it.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-435

The rooms have a minimum volume of 30 cubic metres and a surface area of 10 square metres for each group of beds and cots. Except in exceptional cases determined by the establishment's doctor, childre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-438

The establishment's medical services must include : 1° A medical office ; 2° An examination room with a gynaecological table; 3° A room reserved for weighing, measuring and examining children.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-436

Each mother must have a bedside table and a means of calling the staff on duty within reach of the bed. She has a personal cupboard and a linen cupboard for the child.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-446

…and treatments received, are kept in the establishment for inspection by public health inspectors; 4° A notebook of food preparations and daily menus.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-432

The number of mothers and children that can be admitted is determined by the capacity of the establishment. The number of children may not exceed forty.

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