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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5451-3

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions laid down in Article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in Article L. 5451-1 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Composition and operation of the consultative commission on the assessment of costs

Article R1212-1

The advisory commission on the assessment of charges, provided for in article L. 1211-4-1, is made up of twenty-two of the members, defined in article L. 1211-2, of the Local Finance Committee:1° The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7221-2

The only provisions applicable to the employee defined in Article L. 7221-1 are those relating to : 1° Moral harassment, as provided for in articles L. 1152-1 et seq., sexual harassment, as provided f…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-29-2

Only the provisions of Section 4 of the chapitre II du titre II du livre III du code des procédures civiles d'exécution which are mentioned below. At the auction hearing, the procedure set out in sub-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-12

The accounting officer is required to exercise: 1° As regards revenue, control:-authorisation to collect revenue;collection of debts and the regularity of reductions and cancellations of revenue order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise one of the medical professions

Article R4113-126

The information sent, pursuant to Article L. 4113-1-1, by the bodies issuing evidence of formal qualifications to the service or body responsible for registering the persons referred to in Article L.…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical ethics

Article R4441-1

Articles R. 4127-36, R. 4127-37, R. 4127-37-1, R. 4127-37-3 and R. 4127-37-4 are applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016-1066 of 3 August 2016.Article R. 4127-37-2 is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Age requirements

Article D6222-1

The exceptions to the upper age limit provided for in article L. 6222-2, apply under the following conditions: 1° For the derogations provided for in 1° and 2°, the age of the apprentice at the time t…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Performance of the credit agreement

Article D312-17

Where the lender does not require immediate repayment of the outstanding capital, it may demand compensation from the defaulting borrower equal to 8% of the unpaid due instalments. However, if the len…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-2

Every applicant shall be provided, in a language that he or she understands or may reasonably be presumed to understand, with information on the rights and obligations arising from the application of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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