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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article R782-27

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 641-1 to R. 641-3n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article R783-27

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 641-1 to R. 641-3n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: European companies

Article L322-29

…the day of publication of the proposed transfer. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 229-4 of the Commercial Code, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is competent to o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance

Article R1125-25

The investigator notifies the sponsor of all serious adverse events and serious incidents without delay after becoming aware of them. This notification is the subject of a written report and is follow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Health department

Article R1424-25

…Internal Security Code.Alongside the chief medical officer, the staff of the health subdirectorate may also include:- a post of deputy chief medical officer, which may be supplemented by one or more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Steering and Dialogue Committee

Article R1413-25

The Steering and Dialogue Committee has at least ten and at most twenty members. The number of members is set within these limits by the Board of Directors. These members are appointed for a term of f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-29

…se documents, the professionals, services, establishments and bodies referred to in article L. 1111-25 may create a document containing personal health data from one or more existing digital documents…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2142-27

…supply contracts requiring installation work or including the provision of services, the purchaser may require that certain essential tasks be performed by one of the members of the consortium, provi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of access for humanitarian associations

Article R744-27

…rried out there by the State services and legal entities mentioned in articles R. 744-20 and R. 744-21.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

…ons are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° Letters of credit and guarantees held in trust by an independent tr…

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