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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-11

…logical qualification of donations, the preparation of labile blood products and their distribution may only be carried out, subject to VI, within the Etablissement Français du Sang, under the authori…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater M

…or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A , 44 terdecies to 44 septdecies may benefit from a tax credit equal to the product of the number of hours spent by the company direc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-16

…quest submitted within the required timeframe, in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 495-18 and article D. 45-10 ; 3° Receive requests made pursuant to the first paragraph of article 495-18…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-4

The holder of the pharmaceutical record may exercise the right of access to data concerning him or her provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Coun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-22

…the information referred to in Article L. 4321-10-1; 5° The procedures for applying article L. 4321-18-1 in order to guarantee equal access for women and men to the various councils of the order of ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques.

Article R321-36-3

…constituency for which he is standing as a candidate, as well as that of his substitute. No person may appear as a candidate or substitute on more than one nomination paper. Nomination papers shall b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-7

…to a regional union whose members are elected; 2° Under the conditions laid down in article R. 4031-18 when he belongs to a regional union whose members are appointed. In the event of a temporary cess…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-9

By way of derogation from Article 64 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century, prior to initiating the group action mentioned in Article L. 1134-7, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-107

…der as soon as he is informed by the competent authority of the issuing State of its revocation. He may also terminate these measures: 1° Where there is evidence that the victim does not reside or sta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-56

…e related expenditure is recorded in a budget annexed to the budget referred to in articles L. 5212-18 to L. 5212-21, L. 5214-23, or L. 5216-8 as appropriate. The revenues of the annexed budget includ…

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