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Showing 21712180 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-3

Faeces are collected on the premises of the establishment or body referred to in Article L. 513-11-1. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the collection of faeces may, in the context of res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D513-11-2

Prior to donation, the stool donor receives information from the establishment or organisation carrying out the collection on the conditions for : 1° Biological donor selection ; 2° Clinical selection…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-16

For the application of article D. 71-111-15 :1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-111-8

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the Pre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-2

The political, catastrophic and monetary risks covered under the guarantee referred to in article R. 442-11-1 are realised under the following conditions.The political risk arises when performance of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-11

The opinions, proposals, reports, studies and works adopted by the plenary assembly and, where applicable, by the standing committee, are sent by its chairman to the ministers responsible for health,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-11

A panel of experts appointed by the Office will carry out any investigations required to examine the claim, in accordance with the adversarial principle. If necessary, it will commission an expert opi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-11

Any person providing proof of their identity shall, upon request to the public prosecutor at the judicial court in whose jurisdiction they reside, be provided with all the information concerning them…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-11

…ationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall notify the interested party of his decision with regard to the proven or potential risk to human or animal heal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

The Minister for the Economy decides whether to grant the guarantee provided for in article R. 442-11-1, after consulting the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur, on the basis…

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