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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions relating to import and export.

Article R1235-3

…s: "elements or products of human origin" ; 2° The designation of the organ, mentioning, where applicable, whether it is a right or left organ; 3° The purpose or purposes, as referred to in Articles L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of biological samples

Article R1245-30

The biological samples referred to in the third paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5-1 may be obtained in a Member State of the European Union or supplied to a Member State of the European Union or im…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-37

…rt clerk; 5° Real estate to be used for the establishment of the office's registered office; 6° All cash sums.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R1613-3

For the purposes of article L. 1613-6, any localised event occurring in mainland France that causes damage to the property listed in Article R. 1613-4 and belonging to the local authorities or groupin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

…1° The identity of the couple or unmarried woman who is at the origin of the embryo and, where applicable, the unique European donation code or the anonymisation code of the gamete donor in the case o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-38

The alphabetical file indicates:1° For natural persons, their birth name, customary name, forenames, date and place of birth, the activity carried out and the address of the establishment or, failing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D5334-3

…llows: 1° The prefect of the department in which the headquarters of the new conurbation union is located or his representative, chairman; 2° The departmental or, where applicable, regional director o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of training

Article R4461-30

…f the risk associated with each type of intervention or work in a hyperbaric environment: 1° The educational objectives, the duration of the training courses for the workers concerned and the conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-33

…s president are notified by the court registry to the practitioner being prosecuted and, where applicable, to his lawyer, to the person who lodged the complaint, to the departmental council that forwa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Costs and expenses

Article R4234-39

I.-Article R. 761-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable before the Disciplinary Divisions. In the event of withdrawal, the costs may be charged to the plaintiff or applicant. II.-The c…

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