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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-32

Cosmetic surgery facilities are separate from all residential, commercial or industrial premises and do not communicate with these premises. The areas mentioned in 2° to 4° of article D. 6322-33 and t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D593-4

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article D526-28

I.-On pain of nullity, the act of renunciation provided for by article L. 526-25 of the French Commercial Code shall contain the following information concerning the sole trader renouncing the protect…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-5

The request for the issue of the bulletin and the response from the criminal record are made via the following administrative authorities: 1° The director of the inter-ministerial departmental directo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-5

Articles D. 1432-28 and D. 1432-29, the first four paragraphs of article D. 1432-31, articles D. 1432-32 to D. 1432-35, D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39, D. 1432-41, the last two paragraphs of article D. 1432-4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D145

A permission to go out for a period not exceeding one day may be granted with a view to fulfilling an obligation requiring the presence of the person sentenced to one or more custodial sentences for a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D6124-254

To ensure that electroconvulsive therapy procedures are carried out, the authorisation holder guarantees: 1° Patient access to anaesthesia and post-intervention monitoring under the conditions defined…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Measures and conditions to which parolees are or may be subject

Article D538

In accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 731-1, the person is also subject, unless otherwise decided by the sentence enforcement judge or court, to a treatment order in acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-43-1

For safety reasons, the number of establishment staff present with the children actually cared for may not be less than two, including, for establishments and services with a capacity of more than twe…

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