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Showing 26512660 of 14329 articles for Art. CE 8-11-1978 n° 8603

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R513-11-4

…ction activity provided for in Article L. 513-11-1 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by the legal entity applying for thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-11

The administrative authority responsible for implementing the IT service referred to in Article R. 123-30-9 shall send the applicant, when the latter submits the application, an electronic registratio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The network

Article L512-86-1

In order to guarantee the liquidity and solvency of the savings bank network, the central body of the savings banks and banques populaires referred to in Article L. 512-106 has at its disposal the com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-4

…of Article L. 310-1-1 shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, at least once a year, of the identity of shareholders or members who hold, directly or indirectly, at least 10%…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Collection of human faeces for therapeutic use

Article L513-11-2

The collection, control, storage, traceability and transport of faeces carried out by the establishments or organisations mentioned inArticle L. 513-11-1, including in the context of research involvin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-11-1

Where the professional training or experience required under articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 is acquired in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreem…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-11-1

…ordered, the family court judge may order a prohibition on approaching the plaintiff at less than a certain distance, which he or she shall determine, and may order, after obtaining the consent of bot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-11-4

…nnual lump-sum grant referred to inarticle L. 174-16 of the Social Security Code is set, in compliance with the credit amounts defined inarticle R. 1435-25 of the Public Health Code, taking into accou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-5

…January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties does not apply to the processing of personal data for the sole purpose of referencing the data provided for in articles R. 11…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-3

…rticle R. 322-106-6 shall be filed at the town hall of the municipality in which the registered office of each of the participating companies or funds is located. The formalities provided for in the f…

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