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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-8

The proceeds of police fines relating to road traffic are shared between urban communities and other groupings under the conditions set out in articles R. 2334-10 et R. 2334-11.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-79

…resentative of a healthcare establishment, medico-social establishment or service or autonomous cosmetic surgery facility must declare without delay to the Director General of the Regional Health Agen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-55

The competent public prosecutor, pursuant to the provisions of article 706-25-12, to order, at the request of the person concerned, the rectification or deletion of the information contained in the fi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-1

…following is drawn up: a) An appropriation profit and loss account ; b) An appropriation balance sheet account, showing the assets of the contract(s) or relating to the commitments and its technical p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R6223-83

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq. of the Commercial Code, subject to the provisions of this article. The joint representative re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-13

The declarations and transmissions of information provided for in articles R. 1340-10 to R. 1340-12 and the use of this data are carried out in compliance with the provisions of articles R. 1340-6 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-15

…nd Articles 56 and 110 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. II.The rights of information and access referred to in Articles 13 to 15 of the afo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-4

…e L. 1243-2 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by the legal entity requesting the authorisation, by any means that provide…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R542-2

For the application of articles R. 521-1, R. 522-1, R. 523-1, R. 524-1 and R. 525-2 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the references to the director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…t involving the human person is filed by the sponsor on the information system mentioned in article R. 1123-20-1, which assigns it to a personal data protection committee under the conditions provided…

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