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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-22

…he Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12 and the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de san…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-14

…consumer information under Articles 25, 26 and 27 of the Regulation referred to in Article R. 5131-12.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Provisions relating to the carrying on of certain co-insurance operations by insurance undertakings

Article R321-34

For insurance undertakings benefiting from the exemption provided for in Article L. 321-12, the technical provisions defined in Title IV of Book III, which each of these undertakings must establish fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-5

…ealth Products, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the decree provided for inarticle 16-12 of the Civil Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings

Article L7122-11

…at it shall meet in camera.Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Chairman by article L. 7122-12, these sittings may be broadcast by audiovisual communication media.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…logical requirements of the Charter on the quality of subtitling for the deaf or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audio Description Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-14

…recipients of the personal data collected are :1° For all the information mentioned in article R. 2122-12, including the registration number in the national register for the identification of natural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…ations are distributed under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R. 12…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Miscellaneous

Article A444-40

…hall give rise to the collection of an increased fee under the conditions set out in article A. 444-12.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-15

…egard of the provisions relating to the reinstatement of the employee, as provided for inarticle L. 1226-8, the court hearing the case may propose that the employee be reinstated in the company, with…

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