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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ethics officers in health authorities and bodies

Article R1451-14

In the event of difficulty in obtaining a response from the persons mentioned in articles L. 1451-1 and L. 1452-3 to the requests for information that he addresses to them, the compliance officer shal…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Doctors and pharmacists practising in university hospital centres

Article R6213-10

Failure by the Minister for Health and the Minister for Higher Education and Research to respond within four months of acknowledgement of receipt of an application for authorisation will be deemed to…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Control procedures

Article R225-164

The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall reply in writing within one month to questions put to it pursuant to Article L. 225-232. Within the same timeframe, it sends a copy…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-18

The data controller shall inform the data subjects by displaying, sending or delivering a document, or by any other equivalent means, indicating the identity of the data controller, the purpose of the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-39

The correspondence sent by the insurer in application of articles R. 211-37 and R. 211-38 shall mention, in addition to the information provided for in article L. 211-10, the name of the person respon…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 ter

Failure to respond or partial response to the formal notice referred to in III of Article L. 13 AA and in the second paragraph of article L. 13 AB of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to leave for health or family reasons

Article R6152-820

When it has been medically established by the medical committee mentioned in article R. 6152-36 that the person concerned is unfit to hold his post, the appointing authority shall seek to redeploy him…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-116

The employer informs the employee of its decision regarding the departure date chosen by the latter. If the employer fails to respond within a period set by decree, his agreement is deemed to have bee…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 994

In addition to the original, there shall be produced by the plaintiff as many copies of his pleading as there are defendants and by the defendant as many copies of the reply pleading as there are plai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Appearance of the accused

Article 319

If an accused person refuses to appear, a summons is served on him in the name of the law, by a bailiff appointed for this purpose by the president, and assisted by the force publique. The bailiff sha…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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