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Showing 54415450 of 41666 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Person responsible.

Article R1222-9-4

The President of the Etablissement Français du Sang shall send the Director General of the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé a copy of any instrument appointing the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

I. - In the rural regeneration areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2333-48

…of the second paragraph of article L. 2333-38 in respect of the tourist tax and of article L. 2333-46 in the case of flat-rate tourist tax, the notice of compulsory taxation must include the followin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-3

I.-Pursuant to VI of Article L. 613-44, when the resolution plan provides that a resolution measure must be taken, or that the power mentioned in Article L. 613-48 must be exercised according to the r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-4

…s well as the financial penalty mentioned in the same article. For the implementation of these procedures, the provisions of IV of Article L. 612-15 and of the last paragraph of Article L. 612-43 and,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-4

I.-For the application of article L. 2141-10 in Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "The team calls upon, as necessary, a professional registered on the list mentioned in the second…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation and content of the shared medical file

Article R1111-42

…article L. 1112-1, medical biology reports, medical imaging tests, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and prescribed treatments. This data is entered into the shared medical record on the day of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-40

…applicable, a statement of the grounds on which the infringement proceedings are based ;2° A memorandum setting out the extent of the obligations under European Union law whose performance is not ensu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article R5221-4

…tic medical device intended by the manufacturer to be used by the public in a domestic environment; 4° Device undergoing a performance evaluation: any in vitro diagnostic medical device subjected by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment of members

Article R6143-4

…he Supervisory Board falls under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6143-6, the deliberative body of the local authority or its grouping appoints a new representative fro…

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