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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-4

I.- When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency becomes aware of a breach of the obligations laid down in this chapter by an establishment providing a public hospital service, he will noti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-47-1

I.-The operator mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 224-43 provides, in the cases provided for in II of Article L. 224-46, to suspend access to the number and, where applicable, to terminat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Insurance against technological disasters

Article L128-4

In the zones and sectors, as defined in article L. 515-16 of the Environment Code, delimited by a technological risk prevention plan approved under the conditions provided for in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title VII: Health service for health students

Article D4071-4

The director general of the regional health agency and the rector of the academic region chair a regional health service strategy committee. This committee, which brings together representatives of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-4

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia , article L. 2213-1 is amended as follows:1° The second paragraph of I is worded as follows:"When termination of pregnancy is envisaged on the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

I.-When one or more of the units of account referred to in Article L. 131-1 are made up of units or shares in a collective investment undertaking whose redemption or issue of units or shares has been…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-46

An insurance undertaking may use a financial futures instrument in anticipation of an investment if the following conditions are met throughout the transaction: a) The undertaking holds or will receiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3641-4

I. - The Rhône-Alpes region may delegate some of its powers to the Lyon metropolitan authority, under the conditions set out in Article L. 1111-8. II. - By agreement with the Rhône-Alpes region, at th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Works team

Article R4461-45

I.-Teams carrying out work in the hyperbaric environment referred to in 1° of Article R. 4461-1 are made up of at least three workers who hold the hyperbaric aptitude certificate referred to in Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: EC declaration of conformity, production quality assurance.

Article R5211-47

For Class IIa medical devices or Class I medical devices, the provisions of Article R. 5211-46 apply subject to the following modifications: 1° For class II a medical devices, the authorised body veri…

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