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Showing 21612170 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-29

…ppoints radiation protection inspectors from among its own staff and the staff mentioned in article L. 1421-1.In addition, the Minister for Defence may appoint radiation protection inspectors to monit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

…ing permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145-1. In any event, this right of repossession may only be exercised over the part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

…and preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, except in the cases provided for in IV of Article L. 133-8, I of Article L. 133-10 and Article L. 133-21. The charges referred to in the aforementione…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-2

I. - For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 2131-1 is amended as follows:"1° In III, the words: "a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre" are replaced by the words…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L1115-2

Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 1115-1 shall incur, in addition to the…

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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 L1125-23

…n the case of clinical investigations mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1125-1, the authorisation of the competent authority; 2° Under conditions contrary to the provisi…

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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 L1126-22

…euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a committee for the protection of individuals and, in the case of performance studies mentioned in the second to fifth paragraphs of II of A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3631-2

…d agents de la Ville de Paris (City of Paris police officers), referred to respectively in articles L. 511-1, L. 521-1, L. 523-1 and L. 531-1 of the Code de la sécurité intérieure (Internal Security C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multiannual agreements on objectives and resources

Article L6114-2

The contracts referred to in article L. 6114-1 determine the strategic objectives of health care institutions on the basis of the regional health project defined in article L. 1434-1, in particular th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate

Article L313-2

…titutions and finance companies used to calculate the applicable rate when the creditor is an individual not acting for business purposes are the average effective rates for loans granted to individua…

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