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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Transmission of information to the maternal and child protection service.

Article R2112-21

…irth certificate drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 11 of decree no. 62-921 of 3 August 1962 amending certain rules relating to civil status records, within forty-eight hours of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of organs, tissues or cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1522-4

…pplicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree No. 2016-1118 of 11 August 2016 on the procedures for expressing refusal of organ removal after death.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Photographs of models

Article R2133-4

…n the digital economy, in press publications within the meaning of Article 1 of Law No. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press, in advertising correspondence addressed to indi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article R752

…f Article L. 101-2-1 of the French Planning Code, compared with the state of these same plots on 23 August 2021.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mission of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-5

…the training of first-aiders, in accordance with the procedures set out in decrees no. 91-834 of 30 August 1991 relating to first-aid training, no. 92-514 of 12 June 1992 relating to the training of f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-4

…etition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers and the officers referred to in Article L. 511-22 or by the competent administrative authority.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-26

The notification referred to in the ninth paragraph of Article L. 22-10-40 shall be made by the agent to the company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic means of comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-17

The remuneration provided for in Article R. 663-22 is allocated to the plan execution commissioner in respect of the claims that he includes on the list provided for in Article R. 622-15.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigation

Article R4443-5

Articles R. 4234-18 to R. 4234-22 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version published in Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-21

…ncy department. In particular, he is responsible for implementing the provisions of article R. 6123-22.

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