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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-4

The doctors who establish the death, on the one hand, and those who carry out the removal or transplantation, on the other, must be part of separate functional units or departments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-4

The use of gametes from the same donor may not deliberately lead to the birth of more than ten children.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties.

Article L1324-4

Damaging public works intended to receive or conduct water supply or allowing substances likely to harm public health to be introduced into spring water, fountains, wells, cisterns, pipes, aqueducts o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-4

In application of the principle of justification, certain nuclear activities as well as certain processes, devices or substances exposing persons to ionising radiation may be regulated or prohibited b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-4

No drilling or underground work may be carried out within the protection perimeter of a natural mineral water spring declared to be of public interest, without prior authorisation issued by the State…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of poisoning

Article L1340-4

Healthcare professionals report cases of human intoxication caused by any substance, mixture or article of which they are aware to the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health Agency for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L1442-4

The joint health project for Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin is the subject of an opinion from the Conference on Health and Autonomy, the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L243-4

Any person subject to compulsory insurance who, having applied to take out a policy with an insurance undertaking whose articles of association do not prohibit the assumption of the risk in question b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation body

Article L424-4

The compensation body which has compensated the injured party is subrogated to his rights against the compensation body of the State in which the establishment of the insurance undertaking which issue…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Freedom to provide services

Article L221-4

The service shall be provided under the professional title of the State of establishment where such a title exists in that State. This title shall be indicated in the official language of the State of…

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