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Showing 12611270 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-24

The healthcare establishment or organisation must comply with the rules of good practice defined by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pricing and approval.

Article L5123-3

The list referred to in article L. 5123-2 is proposed by a commission of the Haute Autorité de santé referred to in article L. 161-37 of the Social Security Code, the composition and operation of whic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-29

…icle L. 5126-4 is sent by the head of the organisation concerned to the Minister for Defence in the case of army hospitals and to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the case of the National Invalid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-13

…régions et l'Etat et du Conseil national de l'information statistique institué par le décret n° 84-628 du 17 juillet 1984 relatif au Conseil national de l'information statistique et portant applicatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-5

The body referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for inArticle 84 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consistency between the data of the medical device or in vitro diagnostic medical device and the result of the medical biology examination

Article D6211-9

…aflet for the in vitro diagnostic medical device concerned if the latter are more stringent. In all cases, consistency is checked at least once a year. When the sample is taken for the medical biology…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion.

Article L161-3

In the overseas regions and departments, the Regional Council and the General Council may by agreement create a single body to exercise the powers devolved to the Regional Tourism Committees and the D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Amendment of the Articles of Association.

Article R4113-65

In the cases provided for in articles R. 4113-63 and R. 4113-64, the Departmental Council makes its decision in the same way as for registration. The provisions of articles R. 4113-28 and R. 4113-30 a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120

…which, according to their articles of association, have departmental or regional competence in the case of reinsurance by a local organisation, or to the central body defined in Article L. 322-27-1 i…

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