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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-1

…lic health establishments include, in addition to hospital staff within the meaning of 6° ofarticle L. 7 of the General Civil Service Code, the teaching and hospital staff mentioned in article L. 952-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-1

In addition to the clauses made mandatory by article L. 2261-22, collective agreements concluded in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy or Saint-Martin must contain, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Bodies

Article L4412-1

The office of President of the Regional Council is incompatible with that of Mayor of Paris.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-9-1

The requests for approval provided for in Article L. 5122-9 are made according to a timetable and during a period determined by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-6-1

The electronic trade in medicinal products referred to in article L. 5125-33 is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The obligation to insure. The Central Rates Office.

Article L252-1

Any person subject to the obligation to take out insurance as set out in article L. 1142-2 of the Public Health Code who, having applied to take out a policy with an insurance company covering the civ…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Searching for information

Article L152-1

Subject to the provisions of article 6 of law no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics, the administrations of the State, the regions, the départements and t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health expertise

Article L1452-1

Health expertise is based on the principles of impartiality, transparency, plurality and the adversarial process.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article L762-1

…riate facilities and equipment of a permanent nature and not subject to authorisation under Article L. 752-1, which hosts, for all or part of the year, commercial or other events of a temporary nature…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-1

The profession of psychomotrician is taken to mean any person who, not being a doctor, habitually performs professional acts of psychomotor re-education, as defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat aft…

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