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Showing 561570 of 64157 articles for Art. L. 223-17 and L. 221-14

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-17

No clinical investigation may be carried out on a person without his free and informed consent, obtained in writing under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2017/…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-17

The investigator may ask the person taking part in a performance study, at the time he or she gives informed consent, to agree to his or her data being used in subsequent research exclusively for scie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…applies shall be compensated on the basis of national solidarity by the Office mentioned in Article L. 1142-22 under the conditions laid down in the second sentence of the third paragraph of Article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-14

…es of the consortium shall have access in the user undertaking to the collective means of transport and collective facilities, in particular catering facilities, available to the employees of the user…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article L2213-14

In order to ensure that the police measures prescribed by the laws and regulations are carried out, the operations of closing and sealing the coffin when cremation takes place are carried out: - in co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-14

The local authorities referred to in article L. 2224-13 ensure the collection and treatment of other waste defined by decree, which they can, in view of their characteristics and the quantities produc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article L2241-14

…a professional agreement meet at least every three years to negotiate on the priorities, objectives and means of vocational training for employees. These negotiations will focus in particular on equal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article L522-14

Anyone handing over goods for deposit at a general shop is required to declare the nature and value of the goods to the operator.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.

Article L723-14

A decree in the Council of State shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property and establishments

Article L2544-14

…e, all inhabitants of the commune have equal rights to the use of the commune's public institutions and establishments, in accordance with the regulations enacted for this purpose, as well as to the e…

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