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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for children with serious burns

Article D6124-160

Where the facility cares for both adults and children, inpatient beds for children are located in a paediatric environment and in an area reserved for children. It must have equipment and materials su…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special conditions for children with serious burns

Article D6124-161

The doctor responsible for the continuity of care mentioned in article D. 6124-156 must have experience in paediatric intensive care. The nursing staff mentioned in article D. 6124-158 must include at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regulations attached to agreements.

Article R6142-16

A set of rules, appended to the agreement, sets out : 1° The conditions of residence and movement, on the one hand, on the grounds and in the hospital buildings or departments, of students and staff f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-16

The head of the medical biology laboratory holding the authorisation is required to declare without delay to the Minister responsible for health any change relating to the legal rules and technical op…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-16

The Director of the Agency, appointed by order of the Ministers for Overseas France and Health, is a civil servant or hospital practitioner governed by Section 1 of Chapter II of Title V of Book I of…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R7232-16

The declaration by the legal entity or sole trader, referred to in article L. 7232-1-1, is made to the prefect of the département where the legal entity's main establishment is located or where the so…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Sole trader and limited liability entrepreneur

Article 1655 sexies

…2 of article 206, 5° of 1 of article 635 and article 638 A, the sole trader referred to in articles L. 526-22 et seq. of the commercial code who does not benefit from the schemes defined in articles 5…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-16

The files, reports, deliberations and opinions are kept by the committee, under conditions that ensure their confidentiality, for a period of twenty-five years after the end of the research or its ear…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-161

The notices provided for in articles R. 123-155 et seq. are drawn up and sent by the registrar to the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-162

The filing of the accounting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publ…

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