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

Article R1221-39

…° Reporting, under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 1221-49 to R. 1221-49-4, any serious adverse reaction occurring in a blood donor, any adverse reaction oc…

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

Article R1221-36

I.-Each blood establishment is required to collect and keep, for each unit of labile blood product which it prepares, the following information: 1° The identification of the donation of blood or blood…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-39

For newly created companies or those falling within the scope provided for in article L. 6331-35, the advance payments of the contributions provided for in article L. 6331-35 are calculated for the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-36

The contribution provided for in article L. 6331-35 contributes to the development of the actions mentioned in 2° of article L. 6331-36, in particular with regard to: 1° The financing of investments a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-38

The contribution due by companies with fewer than eleven employees is settled on 31 January of the year following payment of the last instalment. The balance of the contribution due is paid on that da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-37

…ompanies with fewer than eleven employees is paid in three instalments, on 30 April, 31 July and 31 October each year. The amount of each instalment is equal to a quarter of the contribution payable b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article R1431-3

…s and training of industrial tribunal members;3° The procedure followed before industrial tribunals;4° Decrees issued pursuant to Article L. 1422-3.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-3

…he or she:1. Counterfeit or falsify a cheque or any other instrument referred to in article L. 133-4;2. Knowingly making or attempting to make use of a counterfeit or falsified cheque or other instru…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transmission of information by other persons

Article R222-35

…of a sporting activity by a minor, or whose cause is the pursuit of a sporting activity by a minor; 4° Copies of the contracts mentioned in article L. 222-7 relating to the paid practice of a sporting…

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