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Showing 221230 of 60498 articles for Art. Decree 2022-1294 of 5-10-2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-105

…be both expert doctor and treating doctor for the same patient. A doctor must not accept a mission of expertise in which his own interests are at stake, or those of one of his patients, one of his re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of expert medicine.

Article R4127-108

…ions asked. Outside these limits, he must not reveal anything that he may have learnt in the course of this expertise. He must certify that he has carried out his mission personally.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-10

The publication formalities provided for in article R. 322-85, with the exception of those concerning the decision to approve the operation by the general meeting of the new company, and in articles R…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R132-10

The request for registration of the pledge is made by filing a slip, the form of which is determined by decision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. The slip shal…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-10

…ional tattoo product vigilance system. It defines the guidelines, leads and coordinates the actions of the various parties involved and ensures compliance with the provisions of this section. It recei…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2543-10

…sary, recovered by administrative means, in accordance with the provisions relating to the recovery of public funds. Objections against claims by the commune that may be brought before the judicial co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-10

When, due to the implementation, on grounds of legitimate suspicion, of the provisions relating to the request for recusation, provided for as the case may be, in articles 341 to 348 of the code of ci…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Suspension and cancellation of financial instruments

Article L420-10

I. - The operator of a trading venue may suspend or delist a financial instrument from trading for a specified period of time if the instrument or the conditions under which it is traded no longer com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article R1333-102

Means of detecting radioactive sources and procedures adapted to their discovery and safekeeping pending their recovery are put in place in the main port and airport areas where goods are imported. A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article R1333-101

I.-Any discovery of a radioactive source outside of a regulated use within the framework of a nuclear activity regime is declared without delay to the representative of the State in the department, wh…

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