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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-183

Agreements organising the emergency management of patients are concluded between the authorisation holders performing interventional activities and the establishments authorised to practice emergency…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

I. - For the purposes of 1° of article L. 561-10, a person exposed to particular risks by virtue of their duties is a person who holds or has held for less than one year one of the following positions…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-18

Where multiple births are expected, the period of maternity leave varies as follows:1° For the birth of two children, this period begins twelve weeks before the presumed date of delivery and ends twen…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-13

The undivided co-owners may agree that, on the death of one of them, each of the survivors may acquire the share of the deceased, or that the surviving spouse, or any other designated heir, may have i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1840 X

For the taxes on industrial and craft products mentioned in article L. 471-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services, the following penalties are applicable: 1° Deficiencies, inaccuracies or omissi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-18

Under the provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article 707-1, the public prosecutor shall pursue the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by the competent authorities of the Member States of the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-18

The mandate shall specify in particular:1° The nature of the operations to which the mandate relates;2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions of its possible termination;3° The powers of the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-18

The establishment in which the operations for which authorisation has been granted are carried out operates in compliance with the rules of good practice laid down under the conditions referred to in…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-6

The extension of the company shall be decided unanimously by the members or, if the Articles so provide, by the majority provided for the amendment of the Articles.At least one year before the expiry…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-18

A provision is set aside in the accounts of the policyholders' guarantee fund to record the contributions paid by member companies, the financial income generated by these contributions, and all other…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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