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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-9

…3° The college of nursing assistants.Each of the three colleges comprises a number of members which may not be less than 10% of the total number of elected members of the commission. The number of sub…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-14

…ddition to the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force, the customs administration may, at the written request of the owner of a registered design or the beneficiary of an exclusive r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

…orcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…4 ;2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, for their application , resulting from Decree no. 2017-338 of 15 March 2017;3° The provisions of Book III with the exception of Articles R. 326-1 to R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Remuneration.

Article D6152-612-1

…ekly service obligations; 3° Allowances corresponding to standby duty and to the travel to which it may give rise. The allowances mentioned in 2° and 3° above are paid when, according to the practitio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24

I. - The allowances voted by municipal councils for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are determined by applying to the refer…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2651-2

…s otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title VIID. 2171-4 D. 2171-5 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019 D. 2171-6 to D. 2171-14 In Title…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…s otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title VIID. 2171-4 D. 2171-5 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 201D. 2171-6 to D. 2171-1 In Title IX…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-41

…13-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 572-9 to L. 572-12 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 572-13 to L. 572-17 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 572-18 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 572-19 to L. 57…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-14

…s set by an order of the Minister of Health. This order also sets out the cases in which the doctor may, in the interest of the recipient, proceed with the transplant or the use of human body products…

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