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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-1

…g with the ministers responsible for health and social security, the members of the ministers' cabinets as well as the directors, management and supervisory staff and the members of the collegiate bod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-2

Excluded from the scope of this chapter are:

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R1418-1

…nferred on it by Article L. 1418-1, the Agence de la biomédecine is in particular responsible for : 1° Managing the national list of patients waiting for organ and corneal transplants mentioned in Art…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-145

The services relating to the unseizability of the rights of the sole trader in any property, whether built or unbuilt, mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 526-1 (numbers 139 to 141 in tabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-9

…rticle 421-2-1 of the same code where the offence was committed using an explosive device or other lethal device as defined in Article 1 of the said convention.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to Book II

Article L3342-1

For the application of the provisions of Book II to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The second paragraph of Article L. 3200-1 is deleted; 2° 1° of Article L. 3212-1 is worded as follows: "1° A legal inst…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

…orité des marchés financiers only after obtaining the assent of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. Extensions of authorisation are granted under the same conditions. The Autorité de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-11

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-20 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to trading…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financing continuing professional development

Article R4021-22

…nitiatives within the framework of the multi-year priority guidelines defined in article L. 4021-2: 1° For self-employed health professionals under agreement and salaried health professionals in healt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Education and research.

Article L1415-1

…vision of the Ministers of Health, Social Affairs, Higher Education and Research. Its mission is to 1° To provide training for people who have to carry out managerial, management, inspection or contro…

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