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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L314-16

…tion is executed using an instrument referred to in Article L. 133-28, the payment service provider may provide the payer, on paper or on another durable medium, only with information on the main feat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-5

…icinal product.They are implemented by healthcare professionals acting on behalf of an operator who may be financed by the company exploiting the medicinal product.There may be no direct contact betwe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-6

Tissue transplants and the administration of cell therapy preparations may only be carried out in health establishments. When these activities are costly or require special arrangements in the interes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisation of establishments taking samples.

Article L1242-1

Tissues from the human body may only be removed with a view to donation for therapeutic purposes in health establishments authorised for this purpose by the administrative authority after obtaining th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5

…consultation with the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction.Army practitioners may take part in the permanent care service in accordance with procedures drawn up in association wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-2

…od specified in the contract, of any claim likely to give rise to cover by the insurer. This period may not be less than five working days.This minimum period is reduced to two working days in the eve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-4

…r would not have taken out the contract or would have done so only at a higher premium, the insurer may either cancel the contract or propose a new premium.In the first case, the cancellation cannot t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-3-2

…56-1. Placed under the authority of the Chief Executive Officer or the Management Board as the case may be, these managers perform their duties under the conditions defined by the company. The Chief E…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…terms of the planned transaction one month before it is finalised. During this period, the Autorité may oppose the transaction if it considers that it is not in the interests of policyholders or credi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-7

…bject to the penalties set out in Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code. This secrecy may not be invoked against the body that keeps the register referred to in I of Article L. 512-1 of…

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