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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special conditions for the "geriatrics" option

Article D6124-177-11

In addition to the premises provided for in Article D. 6124-177-1, the authorised site includes areas adapted to the specific needs of patients, particularly those suffering from Alzheimer's disease o…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-11

Junior doctors are entitled to maternity leave, birth leave, leave for the arrival of a child placed with a view to adoption, adoption leave or paternity and childcare leave for the periods and accord…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L6333-2

Caisse des dépôts et consignations may receive the additional resources referred to in VI of article L. 2254-2 and articles L. 6323-4, L. 6323-11, L. 6323-13, L. 6323-14, L. 6323-29 and L. 6323-37.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-2

I.-The veterinary medicinal products referred to in this chapter are those defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and in this Article.II.-The following definitions apply:1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-2

The licence application provided for in Article L. 623-22-1 shall be made to the judicial court. The licence is non-exclusive. In particular, the court shall determine its duration, scope and the amou…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28-2

I. - In order to allow resources to be pooled, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status may collect, in place of its member municipalities, the amounts from which…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-2

Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a Fren…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-20

…ework of an economic interest grouping under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 251-7 of the French Commercial Code. Economic interest groupings formed by associations with a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L455-2

Sont considérés, au regard de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25…

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