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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-11

The provisions of articles R. 5132-9 and R. 5132-10 do not apply to family planning or education centres and university student health services in the event of contraception being supplied to a minor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-19

Where justified by the activity of the emergency unit, the team also includes nursery nurses, care assistants and, where appropriate, childcare assistants and qualified hospital service staff. Where n…

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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 D6211-11

For medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices other than those mentioned in article D. 6211-9, the inspection is carried out, where applicable, in accordance with the procedures set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-13

Board meetings are not open to the public. The Chairman is responsible for policing the meeting and may suspend or adjourn the meeting. In this case, the Board of Directors must be reconvened within f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-9

In the absence of the Chairman and his alternate mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6431-2, the meetings are chaired by the oldest member belonging to the categories mentioned in 1°, 2° and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…1317 of 30 December 1986), allocated:- pursuant to B of article 26 of the Finance Act for 2003 (no. 2002-1575 of 30 December 2002) ;- in application of article 53 of the finance law for 2004 (no. 2003…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…offences referred to in Article 706-47 of this code as well as the offence provided for by article 222-32 of the Criminal Code and the offences provided for in articles 222-26-2,227-22-2 and 227-23-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Invalidity of certain acts.

Article L632-1

…e date of cessation of payments;9° Any authorisation and exercise of options defined in articles L. 225-177 et seq. and L. 22-10-56 et seq. of this code;10° Any transfer of assets or rights to a trust…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…6, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 7, Article 10, Article 20(1), Article 21(1), (3) and (5), Article 22(1) and (2), Article 23(1), (2), (3) and (5), Articles 28 and 29 and Article 30(1) to (3) of Commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-3

…l data known as the "national system for managing identifiers" andArticle 7 of Decree No. 82-103 of 22 January 1982 relating to the national register for the identification of natural persons, contrib…

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