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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1233-7

To be authorised to carry out organ removal for therapeutic purposes on a deceased person, health establishments must: 1° Have the staff and equipment necessary to establish the fact of death, under t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-7

Before concluding the loan agreement, the intermediary in participative financing :1° Tells each co-contractor:a) The amount of money made available under the contract between the lender and the proje…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Libraries (R)

Article R1614-75

…lating to municipal and inter-communal libraries and departmental libraries provided for by article L. 1614-10 comprises two fractions:- the first fraction is intended to contribute to the financing o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-7

…eated without the consent of his legal representative under the conditions provided for in articles L. 1111-5, L. 1111-5-1, L. 2212-7 and L. 6211-3-1, the healthcare professional shall provide him wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-71

…d by the company, or in the bearer securities accounts held by an intermediary mentioned in article L. 211-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or, where applicable, in a shared electronic registrati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-7

…competent to consent to the removal of tissue sends the committee of experts referred to in article L. 1231-3 a request for authorisation to remove tissue, together with a copy of the document referre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-70

…l equilibrium. If the institution is required to produce a recovery plan in accordance with article L. 6143-3, the Director must present an update of this plan, specifying the resulting debt reduction…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-92

On pain of nullity, the authorisations provided for in articles 706-89 to 706-91 are given for specific searches and are the subject of a written order, specifying the nature of the offence for which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-7

I.-When, pursuant to 6° of Article L. 824-5, the general rapporteur or an investigator calls upon one or more experts, his decision shall define the subject of the expert appraisal, set the timeframe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint regional committees

Article R6156-79

I.-The joint regional commission attached to each director general of a regional health agency comprises twenty-eight members divided into two colleges: 1° A college representing the medical, odontolo…

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