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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: EC verification.

Article R5211-43

…on relating to the manufacture of medical devices. In the case of medical devices placed on the market in a sterile condition, the manufacturer must also undertake to keep the quality system set up to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4-2

I.-A territorial council of the order of nurses is constituted in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon when the number of nurses practising there is at least equal to twice the minimum number provided for the dep…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-41

…onal activity and the address of his employer(s). It also clearly states the provisions of articles L. 211-11 and L. 211-12. In the absence of this information, the forfeiture period provided for in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Childcare facilities for children under the age of six.

Article L2324-3

…ay issue injunctions to the establishments and services mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2324-1; 2° The State representative in the département may issue injunctions to the establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-1

…torate control officer or the equivalent control officer mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 8112-1 who has not received, by the end of the period of forty-eight hours from the start of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-3

Does not constitute a publishing contract, within the meaning of article L. 132-1, the so-called half-account contract. With this type of contract, the author or his successors in title commission a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-3

…l security bodies, institutions managing the unemployment insurance scheme provided for in Articles L. 5422-1 et seq. of the Labour Code and institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Cod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-4

The regional health agencies may enter into a contract with the organisations mentioned inarticle L. 111-1 of the Mutual Health Code and the doctors employed by these organisations, on the basis of wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-47

…g them the follow-up they entail; 3° It prevents and conciliates disputes of a professional nature between the regional councils or between statutory auditors not belonging to the same regional compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…ach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Not being the owner of the pharmacy of which he is the proprietor or being the owner or co-owner of several pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to…

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