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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2326-4

The creation, extension or transformation of the private establishments and services mentioned in article L. 2324-1 without the authorisation mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of article L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-4

I.- Within the framework of the missions provided for in articles L. 451-1 to L. 451-1-2 and L. 451-3, the information body mentioned in article L. 451-1 of the present code and the insurance companie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-3

…copy of the adverse reaction report form for this donor or recipient is sent by the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent to the correspondent for the vigilance concerned.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-2

…curring in a recipient of labile blood products shall report it without delay to the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent of the healthcare establishment in which the product was admini…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-46

…far as they are necessary for the purposes defined in article R. 40-43, the following personal data and information may be stored in the automated processing system: 1° For electronic communications s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-4

…the public. The performer may exercise the right of termination referred to in articles L. 212-3-5 and L. 212-3-6.III.-The term of the economic rights of videogram producers is fifty years from 1 Jan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article R451-4

…body referred to in article L. 451-1 sends the information contained in the files referred to in I and II of article L. 451-1-1 to the State and to the Fonds de garantie des assurances obligatoires d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Maintenance of benefits.

Article L5141-4

People who fulfil one of the conditions mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 5141-1 and who receive the insertion allowance or the widowhood allowance are entitled to continued payment of their allowan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4

…of activity established on the national territory, by ensuring compliance with the legal provisions and contractual stipulations applicable to employees employed by companies in the same branch of act…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-4

…been obtained from the Committee for the Protection of Individuals referred to in Article L. 1123-1 and authorisation has been obtained from the competent authority referred to in Article L. 1123-12.…

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