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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-125

The holder of the authorisation organises, by agreement with other health establishments, services or professionals mentioned in the Public Health Code or the Social Action and Family Code, in cases w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-126

Within the meaning of article L. 2321-2, a children's home of a permanent nature is an establishment whose activity, which lasts for more than nine months a year, is characterised in particular by lon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-124

The authorisation holder takes part in the emergency care network provided for in articles R. 6123-26 to R. 6123-32, under the conditions set out in the network's constitutive agreement.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-18

The provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy do not prevent the communication, to the competent authorities of the Member States of the Euro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-18

The following are punishable by the fine laid down for fifth class offences: 1° Placing on the market a disinfection pre-treatment appliance that does not have a certificate of conformity issued under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-18

The right to object provided for in article 38 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne s'applique pas au traitement automatisé.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18

The financial and accounting regime of the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance is set out in articles…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-12

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée will ensure that the beneficiaries of financial aid comply with their obligations towards the bodies responsible for collecting the social security c…

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