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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-19-2

Practitioners from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to the practice of the profession of doctor in France underarticle L. 40…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-67-2

Professionals from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to the practice of the profession of physiotherapist under article L. 40…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-3

…ectors elects from among its members a Vice-Chairman chosen from among the members mentioned in 3°, 5° or 6° of article R. 5322-1, who exercises all the prerogatives of the Chairman in the event of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Participation of private practitioners.

Article R6311-9

…equest to this effect; 4° Private health establishments volunteering to receive emergency services; 5° Local authorities and other legal entities that finance the operation of the medical call recepti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

The information contained in the file shall be directly accessible, via a secure telecommunications system:1° To the judicial authorities;2° To officers of the judicial police, in the context of proce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

…her of the following two cases: 1° The third party is a person mentioned in 1° to 2° ter or 3° bis, 5°, 6°, 12°, 12° bis or 13° of Article L. 561-2 or the person is a service provider mentioned in 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…des biens ordonnée ou autorisée dans les conditions prévues aux articles 41-5 and 99-2 of this code;5° The management of assets allocated free of charge by the administrative authority under the condi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-16-1

…e month within which to submit his final written observations in reply or to produce new documents; 5° In the event of a reply by the opposing party, the proprietor of the application for registration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

…aken after they have been placed on the market;4° The procedures for applying article L. 5141-14-5 ;5° The procedures for submitting applications to obtain the registration of a homeopathic veterinary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tables of branches and member companies of skills operators

Article D6123-37

…e distribution and payment by France Compétences of the contributions and fees mentioned in 3° and 15° of article L. 6123-5 and in articles L. 6331-5, L. 6331-35, L. 6331-55, L. 6331-57, L. 6323-20-1…

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