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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…erly;17° One representative of legal entities managing institutions for people in social difficulty;18° One member of the regional unions of healthcare professionals who is a doctor;19° Two members fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-20

The written consent to gamete donation referred to in articles R. 2141-17, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-19 is preceded by at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-20

…of good practice designed to guarantee biological safety and security mentioned in article R. 5139-18.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-14

…il court shall be borne by the applicant, subject to the procedures provided for in Articles L. 521-18 and L. 521-19. For the purposes of taking the legal action referred to in the fourth paragraph, t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

…able, articles L. 312-5 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of article L. 312-16 and article L. 312-18 apply to this mechanism, in particular to its financing. In addition, the fonds de garantie des d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-8

…the Social Security Code, article 33 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003) does not apply to the funding of the group, with the exception of I, with the exce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I : JOINT UNDERTAKINGS COMPOSED OF COMMUNES AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION OR EXCLUSIVELY PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5711-4

…le or established pursuant to Article L. 5721-2, following the procedure defined in Article L. 5211-18.The accession of a semi-public association to another semi-public association does not affect the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-6

…ity of voters; 17° Article R. 59 relating to the obligation to be registered on the electoral roll; 18° Article R. 60 relating to proof of identity in communes with more than 5,000 inhabitants; 19° Th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-5

…axes relating to the aforementioned premiums or contributions. The amount obtained is multiplied by 18%. The result determined by applying the first method is calculated by multiplying the amount obta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…in Annex II to the International Convention against Doping in Sport adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, the validity of the Therapeutic Use Exemptions referred to in the previous paragraph;10° It ma…

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