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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article D6124-289

The medical staff mentioned in 1° of article D. 6124-271 is made up of doctors specialising in visceral and digestive surgery with proven experience in the practice of bariatric surgery, including at…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-23

A medical biology laboratory attached to a national reference centre for the control of transmissible diseases as referred to in Article L. 1413-3 is automatically included on the list referred to in…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-267

I.-The interventional sector referred to in article R. 6123-201 is adapted to the practice of the surgical care activity concerned and anaesthesia, from the immediate preparation of the patient before…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2343-2

The management accounts of accounting officers of communes and communal public establishments include all transactions recorded in respect of management, including those carried out during the additio…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Measures and conditions to which parolees are or may be subject

Article D533-2

In accordance with the provisions of article D. 530-5 of the Penitentiary Code governing the visits that the sentenced person is required to receive from the staff of the prison integration and probat…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Funding and cash resources

Article D6323-21

I.-The regional cross-industry joint committees finance : 1° The educational costs, ancillary costs and costs relating to the validation of skills and knowledge for the professional transition project…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-29

The issuer sends the legal entity or individual entrepreneur who finances all or part of the special payment vouchers mentioned in B of article L. 1271-1 information to be sent to the beneficiary of t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies for the implementation of their expenditure

Article D1611-25

The authorised body shall render the accounts provided for in Article D. 1611-22 at least once a year. This presentation must be made within a timeframe that allows the principal's public accountant t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-28

The persons referred to in article D. 4221-27 must inform the national council of the order of the profession or any other body authorised for this purpose, within one month, of any change in their ma…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Exploitation in the form of videograms

Article D231-2

A derogation to the minimum four-month period set out in the first paragraph of article L. 231-1 is granted when, at the end of the fourth cinema week within the meaning of 5° of article D. 212-67, th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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