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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1411-40

…programmes arising from it, in particular that provided for in article 92 of Act no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. It participates in the monitoring and ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-3

…lity of the data that is not made public. It shall comply with the provisions of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties by completing with the Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees.

Article D2573-27

…icable regulations.III. - For the application of article R. 2252-2, the words: "law no. 84-46 of 24 January 1984 relating to the activity and control of credit institutions" are replaced by the words:…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe IX

…as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the right to access a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-59

…ollowing elements: 1° The nature of the information to be transmitted by the establishment from 1st January of the year of study; 2° The timetable for the transmission and validation of this data; 3°…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

…cation sheet drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 13 II of decree no. 2021-1926 of 30 December 2021 relating to the contribution to the production of cinematographic and audiovisual w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 2

…te applicable to each member of staff. (10) Within the meaning of Article 88 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. (11) The individual amount…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Overall result

Article 223 B

…agraph of this article in its wording prior to law no. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, not charged at the close of the last financial year opened before 1 January 2019 is deductible…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-3

The integrity of the human body may only be infringed in the event of medical necessity for the person concerned or exceptionally in the therapeutic interest of others. The consent of the person conce…

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