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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary replacement

Article D6213-13-1

For the application of the provisions of article D. 6213-13 to army hospital interns and army hospital physician or pharmacist assistants, the authorisation or certificate, as the case may be, is issu…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-1

The contract between a hotelier and a natural or legal person operating an online reservation platform for the rental of hotel rooms to customers may only be concluded in the name and on behalf of the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-25

The first paragraph of Article 641 and the second paragraph of Article 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the calculation of the time limits within which the court must be seised and m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-24

…manifestations of the mental disorder suffered by the person who is the subject of psychiatric care and the particular circumstances, both of which make it necessary to continue full hospitalisation i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-26

The director of the establishment communicates by any means the opinion of the psychiatrist on the need to continue full hospitalisation as provided for in article L. 3211-12-4. The Court of Appeal he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-29

…ion with, the performance of his or her practical training activities are : 1° A warning ; 2° reprimand ; 3° exclusion from service for a period not exceeding five years.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-5

…ng the circulation index by the ratio between the amount of credits allocated to direct allocations and the sum of the circulation indices of all the cinemas receiving direct allocations.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-10

…taken into account when calculating the minimum daily rest period provided for in article L. 3131-1 and the weekly rest periods provided for in articles L. 3132-2 and L. 3164-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Housing Solidarity Fund (R)

Article R1614-40-2

…ity fund, the local funds created pursuant to article 7 of Act no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 as amended and the associations authorised to grant aid from the fund, relating to their purpose, management an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the "paediatric critical care" modality

Article D6124-32-2

…horisation holder is part of the territorial paediatric critical care network designed to encourage and structure cooperation, particularly through telehealth. In particular, the holder participates i…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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