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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1233-7

To be authorised to carry out organ removal for therapeutic purposes on a deceased person, health establishments must: 1° Have the staff and equipment necessary to establish the fact of death, under t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-7

The authorisation provided for in Article R. 2131-5-5 is issued for a period of seven years, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to R. 6122-44. However, before taking the opinion of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-7

The articles of the budgets voted by function correspond to: a) Investment section: - for itemisable expenditure and revenue, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental facilities"…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval

Article R6332-71

…g insurance fund does not reach the threshold stipulated in the second paragraph of article R. 6332-70 for two consecutive years. The training insurance fund has a period of two months from receipt of…

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

Article 706-56

…ficer may, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his or her supervision in order to analyse t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article D6264-7

…an allocation taken from the appropriations allocated to the increase mentioned in article R. 3334-7. This allocation is calculated by applying the ratio of the local authority's population to the na…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article D6364-7

…an allocation taken from the appropriations allocated to the increase mentioned in article R. 3334-7. This allocation is calculated by applying the ratio of the local authority's population to the na…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D2333-74

…llows:6% up to 100,000 euros.16% from 100,001 euros to 200,000 euros.25% from €200,001 to €500,000.37% from €500,001 to €1,000,000.47% from €1,000,001 to €1,500,000.58% from €1,500,001 to €4,700,000.6…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88

For the application of articles 63,77 and 154, if the requirements of the investigation or inquiry relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-73 requires it, a person's po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-73

…administration, the route of administration; a space is provided to indicate the prescribed dosage; 7° The withdrawal period, for all the species concerned and for the various foodstuffs concerned, ev…

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