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Showing 34713480 of 34523 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6 janvier 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-61

Where the authorised body encounters difficulties in implementing the conformity assessment procedures, it shall refer the matter to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-6

When, during an inspection, the agents of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail observe a breach of the provisions applicable to the activities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-63

…otherapist assists the competent authorities in their efforts to protect health and promote health education. The collection, recording, processing and transmission of nominative or indirectly nominat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-6

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4341-2, the ministers responsible for higher education and health, after obtaining the opinion of a committee appointed by joint decree, may authorise to c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-6

…pean funding. In the latter three cases, the provisions of I of Article 7 of Decree no. 2012-91 of 26 January 2012 relating to public interest groupings are applicable. In these cases, the grouping's…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-6

…ssets covered by the proceedings or, subject to the payment of the income mentioned in Article L. 526-18, to change the allocation of such property, where this would result in a reduction in the asset…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-6

The provisions set out in articles L. 2121-10, L. 2121-11, L. 2121-12, L. 2121-17, in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-18, articles L. 2121-20 and L. 2121-21 apply to the convening, meetings and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-6

The body referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for in article 119…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-67

Documents relating to an inter vivos gift (numbers 16 to 19 of table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the value in full ownership (including in the case of a usufruct res…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 6-1

Marriage and adoptive filiation carry the same effects, rights and obligations recognised by law, with the exception of those provided for in Chapters I to IV of Title VII of Book I of this Code, whet…

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