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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-38

Health establishments send their referring blood establishment the information mentioned in II of article R. 1221-36 and in 2° of article R. 1221-37. Decisions by the Director General of the Agence na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Special rules for monitoring certain medical devices

Article R5212-36

For medical devices, the list of which is set by order of the Minister for Health on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (Fr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4231-3

The President of the Regional Council has sole responsibility for administration. He may delegate by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to the Vice…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-12

The closure of a pharmaceutical establishment belonging to the companies and organisations mentioned in 1° to 3° of R. 5124-2 must be notified to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-2

Each commune in the overseas departments receives an allocation under the equalisation grant mentioned in III of article L. 2334-23-1 calculated on the basis of its population, multiplied by a synthet…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-3

I. - For operations with optional membership, the information sheet provided by the policyholder to the member at the time of enrolment includes, in addition to the information mentioned in the second…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-3

I.-The region may contribute to the financing of apprentice training centres where this is justified by regional planning and economic development needs that it identifies. It may :1° With regard to o…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-3

I. - Any professional in one of the categories in article R. 1110-2 wishing to exchange information relating to a person receiving care, under the terms of II of article L. 1110-4, with a professional…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-3

The amount allocated to the second part of the bond that has not been paid to the victim of the offence or to the creditor of a maintenance debt shall be returned if the case is dismissed and, unless…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Pooling

Article L3112-3

A grouping of concession-granting authorities may be formed with concession-granting authorities from other Member States of the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made for the pur…

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