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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4153-9

…body for their professional branch or field of activity or to the approved body mentioned inarticle 16 of order no. 2005-406 of 2 May 2005 simplifying the legal regime for health establishments, in co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-84

The provisions of 1° to 3° of article L. 312-6 and those of articles L. 312-16, L. 312-17, L. 312-27, L. 312-38, L. 312-39, L. 312-44, L. 312-48, L. 312-49, L. 312-54, L. 312-55, L. 312-56 and L. 312-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multiannual agreements on objectives and resources

Article L6114-4

For the private health care institutions mentioned in d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code, the contracts set the rates for the services mentioned in 1° of article L. 162-22-1 in compl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

…g to identify a person by his or her genetic fingerprints outside the cases provided for in Article 16-11 of the Civil Code or outside a measure of investigation or enquiry carried out during a proced…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-6

Cancellation of an insurance contract under article L. 113-16 is effected in one of the ways provided for in article L. 113-14, if cancellation is initiated by the insured, or by sending a registered…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-1

…level sportsmen and women and trainees in training; 6° College of staff mentioned inarticle R. 131-16 of the Sports Code; 7° College of medical and paramedical staff.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-1

…L. 310-2, under the conditions set out in Articles R. 321-1, R. 321-3, R. 321-5, R. 321-14, R. 321-16 to R. 321-18, if this undertaking is authorised to carry on insurance business under the national…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-25

…ovided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-79

In the exercise of the powers provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article 706-25-16, the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court shall appoint the penitentiary integration and p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Staff

Article R1413-33

…visions applicable to State contract employees taken for the application of article 7 of Law no. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service, subject to th…

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