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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-10

The Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé (French Health Products Safety Agency) carries out national quality control of medical biology test results, the procedures for which a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6222-1

…hall declare to the Regional Health Agency any change in the general organisation of the laboratory and any change in its legal and financial structure. The time limit within which this declaration mu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-13

Without prejudice to Articles L. 1223-2 and L. 5313-1, the structures of the Etablissement Français du Sang which ensure the biological qualification of donations are subject to the provisions of this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Depreciation, amortisation and provisions.

Article R123-179

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.

Article R321-17

Insurance contracts must not provide for an excess payable by the insured of more than 10% of the compensation due, up to a limit of €8,000 per creditor. The excess is not enforceable against the oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.

Article R321-15

…of the guarantee may not be less than the average forecast amount of monthly sales, including taxes and net of fees, for the current financial year. This forecast amount shall be declared by the opera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.

Article R321-12

…e account provided for in 1° of Article L. 321-6, as well as the number of this account, the amount and duration of the guarantee granted and any restrictions placed on it.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.

Article R321-16

Any operator of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction shall adjust the amount of cover it has taken out each year. It also revises this amount when particular circumstances are likely to modi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.

Article R321-10

…purpose or one of the institutions or establishments mentioned in article L. 518-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, an insurance company or a mutual guarantee company, authorised to give guarantee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Insurance and surety bonds.

Article R321-14

…less than the higher of the following two sums:1° The average monthly sales figure, including taxes and net of fees, achieved by the operator during the previous financial year;2° Half the maximum amo…

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