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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-37

…ation for authorisation after receiving the opinion of the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12. His decision is published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The commission iss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4

…de, at its request, of the data required to determine the number mentioned in 1° of Article L. 5422-12 of this Code so that the latter may check its accuracy ; 2° To enable the processing of challenge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions

Article L317-1

…in the course of their duties, to investigate and record breaches of the provisions of articles L. 312-1-1, L. 312-1-2, L. 314-12, L. 314-13 and L. 315-6 to L. 315-8 of this Code. The authorised offic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-7

…that the mental state of a person who has benefited, on the basis of the first paragraph of article 122-1 of the French Criminal Code, from a decision to discontinue proceedings, a decision that the p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

…2-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L. 172-28, L. 172-31, L. 173-22-1, L. 175-7, L. 175-8, L. 175-9, L. 175-12, L. 175-13, L. 175-14 (first, second, fourth and fifth paragraphs), L. 175-15, L. 175-16 (second…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-6

…rmit, apply for the resident permit provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-5, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7, L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

…hts, the Haute Autorité de santé may modify any early access authorisation mentioned in article L. 5121-12 or the therapeutic use and data collection protocol. Where applicable, this decision is taken…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

…retirement pensions by the persons referred to in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 382-12 of the Social Security Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-28

…e following maximum amounts:-Contribution from insurance companies in respect of the motor section: 12% of the total expenses of this section.-Contribution from those responsible for uninsured acciden…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-26

For the application of Article L. 621-12, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Article R. 631-4. It r…

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