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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-40

Persons who have been granted authorisation to place in service and whose application for authorisation has been rejected have a period of at least two months, set by the Director General of the Regio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-1

…s of each parent, may be carried out under the conditions of the system provided for inarticle L. 1131-1. The doctor referred to in IV of this article will communicate the results of these examination…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-2

I.-Where the contract expressly states that the option referred to in 2° of article L. 131-1 does not apply to the beneficiary, the notice sent by the contracting party to the beneficiary informing hi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-7

…rticular the indicators relating to production costs in agriculture mentioned in III of article L. 631-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. The distributor may ask the manufacturer to appoint an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-16

I.-When the customs administration decides to take a sample, three copies are taken by the customs officers. One is given to the owner of the copyright or related right or his representative, the othe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-2

I. - Only practitioners who have signed the agreement governing relations between the health insurance organisations and doctors referred to in article L. 162-5 of the Social Security Code, and who ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48

…e established or foreseeable if, after implementation of the measures referred to in Article L. 511-31, the failure of the central body and of all the affiliates is also established or foreseeable. V.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-2

…ôpitaux à la continuité des soins ou à la permanence pharmaceutique, prévu à l'article R. 6152-505 ;31° Avis sur le recrutement d'un assistant des hôpitaux prévu à l'article R. 6152-510 ; 32° Opinion…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-37

…ditor shall apply the additional due diligence measures described in paragraph 33 of this standard. 31. The statutory auditor is not required to identify the beneficial owner when the client is a comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…ement Committee may cancel the certificates issued by the person in question pursuant to article L. 312-7.Penalties for breaches relating to the marketing of structured deposits by credit institutions…

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