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Showing 34213430 of 22522 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2016 – no. 15-12.994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-28

The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter III of Title II of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, as well as the provisions of Regulation (…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Data and methods of transmission to the health authority

Article R3113-7

…his data to the competent authorities. The information referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 is available on the websites of the regional health agencies and the Natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

…icable, subcontractors recruited under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, for the purposes of designing, developing, maintaining and hosting the pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37-1

…s taken into account including the increases mentioned in article L. 753-4 of the same code,Article 20-5 of Ordinance No. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sick…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-9

At the request of the Committee for the Protection of Individuals, the sponsor or his representative appointed for this purpose, possibly accompanied by the investigator or, where appropriate, the coo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-16

From the day of receipt of the injunction referred to in Article L. 1262-4-3, the employer posting employees and, where applicable, the principal contracting with the latter shall inform the project o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario (Commission for scriptwriting and rewriting grants)

Article 212-50

The Commission is made up of two colleges sitting separately.The first college comprises the Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and seven other members. It is responsible for examining applications for assista…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3823-2

…Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3823-3, in their wording resulting from Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for justice.Article L. 3421-5 is a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-2

…his Code; 3° The existence of the whistleblower protection scheme provided for in Chapter II of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-148

Candidates who have obtained an average of 10 out of 20 or more in the tests defined in article A. 212-147 are proposed for final admission to the three-degree state diploma in sports education (breve…

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