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

Article L1221-4

Blood, its components and their derivatives may not be distributed, issued or used without biological examinations and screening tests for transmissible diseases having been carried out.Blood, its com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-3

…and shall set the criteria for inclusion in the group. The judge determines the bodily injury that may be compensated for the users making up the group that he defines. The judge hearing the claim ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties

Article L1152-1

…n aesthetic activity in breach of the provisions of article L. 1151-2, the administrative authority may suspend the right to practice the activity concerned for a maximum period of six months. If, at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-2

The donor must be of age. An emancipated minor may not be a donor. Prior to the donation, the donor shall be duly informed of the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to gamete donation, in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-3

…insured items, if there has been fraud or deceit on the part of one of the parties, the other party may request that the contract be declared null and void and may also claim damages.If there has been…

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

Article L513-4

…iation refuses membership, it will give reasons for its decision. The decision to refuse membership may be appealed to the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the association has its registered o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article R*124-4

…ons. It is specific and covers only those claims for which cover is triggered during this period.It may not be less than the amount of cover triggered during the year preceding the date of its occurre…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-3

A fine of €30,000, which may be increased to €150,000 in the case of a legal entity, shall be imposed if the legal representative of the online reservation platform operates without a contract conclud…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D112-29

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may decide, by decision published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée, that categories of acts other than those p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgments

Article D123-1

…made by filing a copy of the deed, agreement or judgment that conforms to the original. This filing may be made by dematerialised means.The filing with a view to registration shall mention the serial…

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