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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Purpose of approval.

Article R6312-12

Approval for medical transport carried out as part of emergency medical aid may only be granted to persons with : 1° Personnel in the categories mentioned in 1° or 2° of article R. 6312-7, possibly ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-53

The master plan on which the Board of Directors deliberates in application of 3° of article L. 6431-6 provides for all works and equipment operations whose costs exceed thresholds set by order of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-8-1

The occupational health and prevention service includes a multi-disciplinary unit for the prevention of occupational deintegration responsible for: 1° Proposing awareness-raising initiatives; 2° Ident…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-4

I.-Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may apply an equalising adjustment to the relevant risk-free interest rate curve to calculate the best estimate of a portfolio of life insurance or reinsuranc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-4

The decisions of the Supervisory Board referred to in Article L. 6143-1 and the acts of the Director referred to in Article L. 6143-7 are enforceable subject to the following conditions: 1° The decisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-24

Operators must comply with all the following obligations: 1° The salaried director of the operator and the healthcare professionals in charge of carrying out the operations provided for in the program…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-6

The procedures for applying articles L. 324-8-1 to L. 324-8-5, in particular the procedures for exercising the right to object provided for in article L. 324-8-2, the procedures for issuing and withdr…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Sports associations in the workplace

Article L121-7

In the establishments mentioned in articles L. 2321-1 and L. 2322-1 to L. 2322-4 of the Labour Code and as part of the social and cultural activities provided for in articles L. 2323-83 and L. 2323-87…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-6

The persons responsible for water production are public or private persons.The persons responsible for water distribution are the public persons provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2224-…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information report to the conceding authority

Article L3131-5

Each year, the concessionaire produces a report including, in particular, accounts showing all operations relating to the performance of the concession contract and an analysis of the quality of the w…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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