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Showing 40314040 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R1261-6

Apart from the situations provided for in IV of article R. 1261-18, the staff of the body reception facility ensure the best possible restoration of the body before the establishment carries out funer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

…f the Mutual Code, nor to supplementary professional retirement funds mentioned in Article L. 381-1 du code des assurances, ni les mutuelles ou unions de retraite professionnelle supplémentaire mentio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article R1222-61

…cle R. 1221-18, the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre may distribute and supply labile blood products which it alone has available to Armed Forces hospitals for which it is not the referring blood…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Register of serious payment incidents

Article L313-6

Articles L. 751-1 to L. 751-6, L. 752-1 to L. 752-3, L. 762-1 and L. 762-2 of the French Consumer Code set out the rules governing the register of serious payment incidents.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-6

…the experimentation, or in some of them, and their extension to other territorial authorities, with due respect for the principle of equality;- the abandonment of the experimentation.The law may also…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-29-6

…tion of the catchment area, the reasons that led to the suspension of the retail authorisation procedure so justify, the prefect may extend this suspension for a further period of up to one year, by a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Transparency

Article R5321-6

Meetings of the commissions, committees and bodies of the Agency referred to in Article L. 5324-1 are open to the public under the conditions defined in Articles L. 1451-1-1 and R. 1451-6 to R. 1451-9…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-6

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Popular savings.

Article R221-65

The opening of a People's Savings Plan is the subject of a written contract between the subscriber and one of the organisations mentioned in article L. 221-18 that has signed an authorisation agreemen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-6

…e auditor. The General Meeting also decides on : 1° The general policy for the distribution of sums due to rights holders; 2° The general policy for the use of sums that cannot be distributed; 3° The…

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