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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-51

…m whom the biological elements are obtained and, depending on the cases provided for in Article L. 1211-2, the procedures for obtaining consent or the procedures for verifying the absence of oppositio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article R661-6

An appeal against judgments rendered pursuant to articles L. 661-1, L. 661-6 , Chapters I and III of Title V, Section II of Chapter II and Chapter IV of Title IX of Book VI of the Legislative Part of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Health care organisations making the results of quality and safety indicators available to the public

Article D6111-23

Failure to comply with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 6144-1 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 6161-2 may be recorded by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1621-4

…d for the individual right to training of local elected representatives referred to in article L. 1621-3. It manages these resources with a view to financing the rights acquired by local elected repre…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Good repute

Article L212-9

I. - No person may carry out the functions mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 212-1 on a paid or voluntary basis, or in articles L. 223-1 and L. 322-7, nor work with minors in the physical…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-11

I. - The first group comprises the following two categories of cinemas:1° Category A: cinemas located in central municipalities with a population of 100,000 or more and in urban units with a populatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-49

…sequences on attendance at cinemas of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary to manage the end of the he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 HA

…underground natural gas storage site whose capacities are subject to the provisions of articles L. 421-3-1 à L. 421-12 et L. 421-14 of the aforementioned code;- €582 per kilometre of natural gas trans…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1599 quater A bis

…uies applies to rolling stock used on the public passenger transport lines mentioned in articles L. 2142-1 and L. 2142-2 of the Transport Code, for passenger transport operations.II. - The flat-rate t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-6

The following articles of the Electoral Code are applicable to preparatory polling operations and the conduct of voting operations: 1° Article R. 40 relating to the division of voters into polling sta…

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