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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-26

The financial guarantee provided for in a of II of article L. 211-18 is the result of a written guarantee undertaking given :1° Either by a collective guarantee body with legal personality, by means o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 duodecies

…is granted by a legal person or body required to file the declaration provided for in 1 of Article 223, excluding those taxed at the corporation tax rates provided for in Article 219 bis, the contrib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L4031-2

…union of doctors are divided into two colleges comprising respectively : 1° General practitioners ; 2° Specialist doctors. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, for professions whose number o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L837-2

…e words: "in France" are replaced by the words: "in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories"; 2° Article L. 821-6 reads as follows: "Art. L. 821-6 -An administrative fine of 5,000 euros shall be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2

…earch objectives defined jointly with the university in the agreement provided for in article L. 6142-3 of this code and article L. 713-4 of the Education Code. It includes a patient care project cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Data controllers and data processors

Article R1111-26

…se tasks in accordance with practical procedures defined by an agreement which, pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Creation of the digital health space

Article R1111-28

…e and the procedures for its operation, as well as its relationship with the shared medical record; 2° The existence of and procedures for exercising the right to object to the opening of this space,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article D6271-2

…il of Guadeloupe or the commune of Saint-Barthélemy in application of the provisions of Article D. 6271-1 is established for each competence transferred by joint order of the Minister for Overseas Fra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29

For the application of the provisions of 1° of Article R. 5121-28, the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé may exempt the applicant for a marketing aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5223-2

…llowing information: 1° The name or commercial reference of the in vitro diagnostic medical device; 2° The purpose assigned to the in vitro diagnostic medical device by its manufacturer and for which…

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