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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-21

The doctor may waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14 when, despite the risk of transmission of a virus by the donor, the therapeutic alternatives to the transpla…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-22

In situations of vital urgency and in the absence of therapeutic alternatives, the doctor may also waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14. An order by the Ministe…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Litigation by the municipality

Article R2132-2

Where the administrative court does not rule within two months or where authorisation is refused, the taxpayer may appeal to the Conseil d'Etat.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article R2312-2

Investigations by the social and economic committee or, where applicable, the health, safety and working conditions committee in the event of accidents at work or occupational or work-related illnesse…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Duties of dental surgeons towards members of the health professions.

Article R4127-282

Dental surgeons, in their professional relations with members of other medical or paramedical professions, must respect the independence of the latter.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-2

The prevention and occupational health service is organised in the form of : 1° Either an autonomous prevention and occupational health service specific to the establishment ; 2° Or an autonomous prev…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6523-2

Employers in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin employing part-time, intermittent or home-working employees are only subject to the obligation to pa…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to disabled workers employed in an ordinary working environment.

Article L323-21

Disabled workers taken on under the provisions of section 1 of this chapter may not, in the event of a relapse of the disabling condition, benefit from the special advantages granted in the event of i…

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

Article D6211-21

A reference medical biology laboratory that ceases to fulfil the conditions for operating a medical biology laboratory provided for in Book II of Part Six or that does not apply the obligations of its…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-22

The reference medical biology laboratory draws up an annual report on its activities. This report includes an assessment of the changes observed and those that are desirable. It includes a list of pub…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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