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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-103

A veterinarian who has observed, or to whom has been reported, a serious or unexpected adverse reaction which may be attributed to the use of a veterinary medicinal product, whether or not he has pres…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to global contracts involving design services for a building project

Article D2171-4

…cludes the following elements:1° Preliminary design studies;2° Project studies;3° Execution studies;4° Supervision of the execution of the works;5° Assistance to the project owner during the acceptanc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-43

…he needs of the population defined by the regional health plan to which the candidate must respond; 4° The duration of implementation of the permanent care assignment included in the multiannual contr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article D444-4

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-4

…tice pénale des mineurs; 3° D'une décision d'irresponsabilité pénale pour cause de trouble mental ; 4° A decision of the same nature as those mentioned in 1° to 3° handed down by foreign courts or jud…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-1

Failure by an employer who posts one or more employees to comply with one of the obligations set out in article L. 1262-2-1, the third paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, article L. 1262-4-4 or arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-411

…the establishment's medical committee.The number of practitioners recruited in application of 1° to 4° of article R. 6152-402 for a period of less than three months, expressed as a full-time equivalen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L773-43

…s to Article L. 712-10 and the words: "abroad or any other form of free establishment" are deleted; 4° In Articles L. 562-8 and L. 562-11, references to acts adopted pursuant to Article 29 of the Trea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L774-43

…s to Article L. 712-10 and the words: "abroad or any other form of free establishment" are deleted; 4° In Articles L. 562-8 and L. 562-11, references to acts adopted pursuant to Article 29 of the Trea…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-4

…characters of the period during which the commitments cannot be surrendered; e) Settlement period; 4° Procedures for converting existing commitments into commitments giving rise to the establishment…

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