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Showing 871880 of 51351 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-3-2014 n° 13-11.651 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-5

When a medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area carries out the analytical phase of medical biology…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-5

Without prejudice to the tasks devolved to the public policy coordination commissions mentioned in article L. 1432-1, the regional health agency and the departmental councils shall ensure that their p…

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

Article D6431-5

The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors ends at the same time as the term of office or the functions in respect of which they were appointed. The term of office of the members of t…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-55-1

I. - The Steering Committee of the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme comprises :1° Members by right :a) The Director General or his representative ;b) The deputy director of the National Ski and M…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Challenging medical opinions

Article D4625-34

In the event of a challenge to an opinion issued by the occupational physician in application of article L. 4624-7, the appeal is addressed to the industrial tribunal within whose jurisdiction the est…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Special conditions for the "burnt" label

Article D6124-177-50

In addition to the teams provided for in article D. 6124-177-3, the multidisciplinary team includes: 1° At least one physiotherapist; 2° At least one occupational therapist; 3° At least one speech the…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-81-5

The sentence enforcement court shall inform the victims who were civil parties at the time of the sentencing decision, by simple letter, that their opinion must be sought in accordance with 4° of Arti…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the amount of fixed fines and indemnities, reduced fixed fines and increased fixed fines as well as the costs of setting up the case and shall specify the term…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to 5° "haematology intensive care".

Article D6124-31-3

The non-medical team in a haematology intensive care unit comprises at least: 1° One nurse for every four open beds ; 2° During the day, one nursing assistant for every four open beds and, at night, o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-13

An individual file concerning the activities of each tax services agent authorised to carry out judicial police missions is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the Paris court of app…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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