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Showing 37013710 of 29517 articles for Art. 16 mai 1962

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…hen their application is submitted, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, as well as information on the limitations of their rights provided for in I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-17

…use to comply with a request for information, documents or assistance referred to in Article R. 821-16 when:a) Persons employed or having been employed by the requesting authority are not subject to p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R4641-17

The members of the Regional Committee referred to in 3° and 5° of article R. 4641-16 shall complete and update an individual declaration of interests filed with the Regional Directorate for Business,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-2

Experiments on veterinary medicinal products within the meaning of article L. 5141-16 are any tests, research or experiments, hereinafter referred to as trials, which are carried out with a view to ob…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-2

…owing provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-2

…tuation;5° If the medicine prescribed is on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, this substitution is made under the conditions set out in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-7

…atutory auditors involved in the legal task of certifying the accounts mentioned in article L. 6145-16 may contribute to data processing, are set by decree.When practitioners on the staff of public he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-22

…hen the index provider and the UCITS are part of the same group within the meaning ofArticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, all measures are taken to avoid conflicts of interest.II. - By way of der…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-30

…the general-purpose investment fund are part of the same group within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, all measures are taken to avoid conflicts of interest.II. - By way of der…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Article R1413-23

…irectors on the procedures for implementing the rules of professional ethics referred to in 15° and 16° of Article R. 1413-12; 3° Assessing and issuing an opinion on the arrangements put in place to g…

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