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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-6

The characteristics of the blood may only be modified prior to collection for therapeutic use by a third party by a doctor within the Etablissement Français du Sang or the Armed Forces Blood Transfusi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-2

Human blood or its components may only be collected for therapeutic use by the Etablissement Français du Sang mentioned in Chapter II of this Title and by the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre, ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-1

Blood transfusion is carried out in the interest of the recipient and is governed by the ethical principles of voluntary and anonymous donation, and the absence of profit, under the conditions defined…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the authority responsible for the supervision of credit institutions or investment firms in the Member State concerned, when deciding…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-3

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution informs the European Commission of any difficulties encountered by reinsurance undertakings whose head office is in France in establishing themselv…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-1

I.-The undertakings referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1

The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-2 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de ré…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the European Commission, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the supervisory authorities of the other Membe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article L731-3

The commercial chamber is composed of a member of the judicial court, the president, two elected assessors and a court clerk. The assessors are elected under the conditions set out in articles L. 723-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article L731-4

The other provisions of Title II of Book VII relating to the commercial courts are applicable to the commercial chamber, with the exception of articles L. 721-1, L. 721-2, L. 722-3, and L. 722-11 to L…

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