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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export for scientific purposes.

Article R1235-8

Four copies of the application for authorisation must be sent to the Minister for Research, together with a dossier, by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, or handed in against a receipt.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export for scientific purposes.

Article R1235-7

Public or private organisations involved in research and using organs for their own research programmes may obtain authorisation to import and export organs for scientific purposes under the condition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export for scientific purposes.

Article R1235-11

The list of authorised organisations is regularly updated and communicated by the Minister for Research to the Minister for Customs, the Agence de la biomédecine and the Agence nationale de sécurité d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export for scientific purposes.

Article R1235-9

The Minister responsible for research sends a copy of the application to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine and, where the applicant organisation also benefits from an authorisation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-38

The creation by Pôle emploi of an automated processing system for personal data called "Information system concerning jobseekers and employees" is hereby authorised. Its purpose is to 1° Information,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-39

As part of the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38, Pôle emploi also provides a teleservice enabling people to complete, via a personal space on the Pôle emploi website or via any other informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-4

For the purposes of this Title, samples taken for grafting or administration in the context of research involving the human person within the meaning of Article L. 1121-1 are considered to be samples…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-47

I.-The liability management vehicle referred to in Article L. 311-41 shall be terminated by decision of the Resolution College if one of the following conditions is met: 1° The liability management ve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

For the application of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-4

I.-The operator of an organised trading system shall take all measures necessary to comply with the prohibition set out in Article L. 420-2 for the execution of members' orders on the system, whether…

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