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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-6

For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° In Article L. 1231-1, V does not apply ;2° In the first paragraph of Article L. 1231-3, the words "Minister of Health" are replaced by th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-2

In the event of a portfolio transfer ordered pursuant to 14° of I of article L. 612-33 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, any part of the rights of policyholders, contract holders, members and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 225-21, L. 225-54-1, L. 225-67, L. 225-77 et L. 225-94, a natural person may not simultaneously hold more than five offices as chief executive office…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

The procedures for applying this Title, and in particular: 1° The procedures for filing and updating the declarations provided for in Article L. 5211-3-1 ; 2° The procedures for issuing medical device…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: General provisions

Article LO1112-6

A territorial authority may not organise a local referendum: 1° As from the first day of the sixth month preceding that in which the general renewal or the renewal of a series of members of its delibe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L541-9-1

Financial investment advisers are treated in the same way as investment service providers other than portfolio management companies for the purposes of Article L. 533-12-7.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

Without prejudice to the specific provisions applicable to them, the prohibitions defined in Article L. 511-5 do not apply to the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1, nor to undertaki…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-9-1

The inter-company occupational health and prevention service provides its member companies and their workers with a basic set of services which must cover all the tasks provided for in article L. 4622…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L924-6

Article L. 441-11 II is amended as follows: 1° 1° is worded as follows: "1° For purchases of perishable agricultural and food products and frozen or deep-frozen meat, deep-frozen fish, ready-made meal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-9-1

I.-If a psychiatrist involved in the patient's care certifies in a medical certificate that a psychiatric care measure in the form of full hospitalisation is no longer necessary and that the care meas…

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