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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-1

…d out by the laboratory, taking into account the three phases of the examination defined in Article L. 6211-2, and in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for Health.Accre…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-13-1

…articles 73 and 74 of the Constitution and in New Caledonia, the statutes mentioned in I ofarticle L. 131-8 of the present code may permit the affiliation of any league or sports committee to the reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-1

…he expected service by the Haute Autorité de Santé in application of the first paragraph of Article L. 161-37 of the Social Security Code. This article also applies to similar biological medicinal pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-1

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a natural person must meet the following conditions: 1° Be French, a national of a Member State of the European Union, of a State party to the Agree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…termined by decree giving entitlement to payment of the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 351-3 entails the obligation for the employer to pay to the institution mentioned in article L.31…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts performed by health professionals

Article L426-1

…ic or therapeutic acts performed by self-employed healthcare professionals and mentioned in article L. 1142-1 of the Public Health Code, when such damage involves their professional civil liability, i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports compe…

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

Article L4622-12

…ns that are representative of the member undertakings under the conditions set out in 1° of article L. 4622-11. The employee representatives are appointed by the representative trade union organisatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L2271-1

…Minister of Labour on the setting of the minimum growth wage in the cases provided for in Articles L. 3231-6 and L. 3231-10 , after having taken note of the annual report drawn up by a group of exper…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional contributions

Article L115-14

…Article L. 311-2 ; 3° A contribution payable by companies exporting cinematographic works. This contribution…

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