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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-1

…chapter, to the provisions of articles L. 210-1 to L. 247-9 of the French Commercial Code. They are formed between specialists or general practitioners who are duly registered with the council of doct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-22

…ouncil the draft deliberations as adopted by the Executive Council as well as a report, in whatever form, on each of the matters submitted to them. Where applicable, the President also sends the terri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R91

…the legal costs and pursues the recovery of those that are not definitively borne by it, all in the form and according to the rules established by this title.The tariffs for legal costs are fixed excl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-41

…name, its national company number if it has one, the address of its registered office and its legal form. In its response, the Banque de France indicates, if applicable, that the unpaid cheques have b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-23

…L. 1271-1 issued by the issuer, covering the previous calendar year of issue. This report takes the form of a response to a questionnaire provided by the Banque de France to authorised issuers no late…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-4

I. - Any healthcare professional who observes or is aware of post-donation information shall report it without delay to the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent of the blood establishme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-2

…emovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent in a blood establishment, who will forward this information to the relevant haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent. II. - The haemovigila…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-15

…programme and the nature and number of samples envisaged. This protocol is included in a file, the form and content of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Research after obtaining the op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-26

…tes :-a potential risk of proliferation of cyanobacteria, i.e. accumulation of cyanobacteria in the form of blooms, slicks or scum ;or a tendency for macro-algae or marine phytoplankton to proliferate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-32

Property that is not the subject of a claim for restitution may be sold in accordance with the forms provided for in Title IV of Book VI of the legislative part of this code on expiry of a period of o…

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