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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 B

…d in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908, not exempt pursuant to articles 1395 à 1395 B…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-137

…to: 1° Sanitary facilities, as set out in articles R. 4228-2 to R. 4228-7 and R. 4228-10 to R. 4228-18; 2° Catering, as set out in articles R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, may be waived for work sites lasti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-11

…k III of this Code, Articles L. 212-15 to L. 212-16 of the Code de la mutualité and Articles L. 931-18 to L. 931-18-2 of the Code de la sécurité sociale, or be subject to one or more of the resolution…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-12

…based on ionising radiation from which they are benefiting, as provided for in I of article L. 1333-18 ; 2° Exposure of persons who, having been informed of the risk of exposure, voluntarily and priva…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-24

…e elements of the application for authorisation or for the opinion defined in II of article R. 2324-18 as well as those in I of article R. 2324-19, or to one of the mentions in the authorisation or th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article R5462-4

…odies that have participated in these procedures, under the conditions mentioned in Article R. 5221-18 ; 2° For the manufacturer of an in vitro medical diagnostic device or its authorised representati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1411-40

…draft laws and programmes arising from it, in particular that provided for in article 92 of Act no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. It participates in the mon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-5

…olynesia, as amended by Decrees No. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, No. 2015-1281 of 13 October 2015, No. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, and No. 2017-631 of 25 April 2017, with the exception of Articles R. 1244-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-7

I. - The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5-2

…he director of the establishment under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 shall also include the list…

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