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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-6

…BO and Rh(D) groups, also known as Rh 1 (RH1) ;b) Determining the Rh phenotype: C(RH2), E(RH3), c(RH4) and e(RH5) and Kell(KEL1) for the first two donations;2° Testing for anti-erythrocyte antibodies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Specific rights and duties linked to the exercise of control functions

Article R8124-25

The inspecting officer shall enter freely, without prior warning, at any time of the day or night, any establishment subject to his inspection. During an inspection visit, whether unannounced or not,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-6

…o justify non-compliance with the obligations mentioned in the first two paragraphs of Article L. 2242-8, and in particular : 1° The occurrence of economic difficulties in the company ; 2° Ongoing res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Devices subject to notification to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R5211-66

The medical devices which must be notified in accordance with Article L. 5211-4 are class IIa, IIb and III medical devices and active implantable medical devices. The communication is made to the Dire…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 124

…in 1 above have perished as a result of a duly recorded case of force majeure, the customs service may exempt the tenderer and his guarantor from payment of the duties and taxes.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dissolution

Article L2121-6

A town council may only be dissolved by reasoned decree issued in the Council of Ministers and published in the Journal officiel. If there is an emergency, it may be temporarily suspended by reasoned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: General conditions of application of the Code in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L711-6

…Fishing Code are replaced by references to provisions having the same purpose and in force locally; 4° References to the Sports Code are replaced by references to provisions having the same purpose an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D1221-62

…tainers and their volume, and the name and address of the supplying establishment and the importer; 4° Keep all the information provided in support of the import authorisation application for a period…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-6

…authorisations for medically assisted procreation referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 2142-1 are combined when the authorisation to carry out the biological activities referred to in b of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R2113-25

For the application of articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2 and L. 5211-29 the first year of creation of the new commune: 1° The communal bases taken into account are the recorded bases of each fo…

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