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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the importation of labile blood products for direct therapeutic use.

Article D1221-64

By way of derogation from the provisions of g of Article D. 1221-61, when labile blood products from several samples are imported with a view to a scheduled autologous transfusion and the planned date…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-72

In accordance with the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 712-16-2 or the second paragraph of Article 745, whether or not he or she is a civil party, the victim may at any time inform the p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R541-1

This Book, in the version in force at the time of publication of Decree no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010 , is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Articles R. 511-2 and R. 512-9 are applicable in…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Groups of employers falling within the scope of the same collective agreement

Article D1253-2

The information note, dated and signed by the person authorised for this purpose by the employers' group, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1 - Financing of the differential end-of-mandate allowance for local elected representatives

Article D1621-3

Each year, at the request of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, the local authorities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation liable for the compulsory contribution to the finan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Practice of the profession by postgraduate students, including when on leave of absence

Article D4131-2

Authorisation is granted for a maximum period of three months by the Departmental Council of the Medical Association to which the doctor whom the postgraduate student is replacing or whose assistant h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Practice of the profession by postgraduate students, including when on leave of absence

Article D4131-3

The Conseil départemental de l'ordre may only grant authorisation if the postgraduate student concerned, including those placed on leave of absence, has attained the level of study set out in Appendix…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number.

Article D123-236

The provisions of article D. 123-235 do not prevent a company from being required to bear, in addition to the unique identification number and as a specific identifier: 1° For activities subject to re…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules relating to third-country investment firms

Article D532-39

…suant to paragraph 3 of Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of 15 May 2014, a branch authorised in France of a third-country firm benefiting from an equivalence decision provided for in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Coordination of the fight against sexually transmitted infections and the human immunodeficiency virus

Article D3121-35

The coordination committee is responsible for :- coordinating, within its field of competence and according to the sexual health approach referred to in article L. 3121-2 of this Code, the players wor…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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