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Showing 35213530 of 58660 articles for Art. avis 2015-04 of 5 February 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4322-56

The chiropodist is required to keep and update the information he holds on his patient, under the conditions laid down by law.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4322-59

Insofar as is compatible with the quality and effectiveness of patient care, the chiropodist must limit his actions and prescriptions to what is strictly necessary.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions

Article R5211-5

For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions shall apply1° Operator of a medical device: any natural or legal person who assumes legal responsibility for the activity requiring the use of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…ment and verification operations may not be the designer, manufacturer, supplier, installer or user of the devices they inspect, nor the authorised representative of any of these persons. They may not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title VIII bis: Property development contracts

Article 1831-5

Judicial settlement or liquidation of assets does not automatically result in termination of the property development contract. Any stipulation to the contrary shall be deemed unwritten.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-5

…the provisions specific to the legal form in which they are constituted, subject to the provisions of this Title.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-5

When the supplier offers a deal, it includes at least a one-year contract.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-53

…porting mechanism provided for in article L. 224-47 and the methods by which operators are informed of the numbers concerning them pursuant to article L. 224-52 are set by decree.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-56

…call from mainland France, the overseas departments and regions and the territorial collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to a telephone service where the cons…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-55

The provisions of this section shall also apply to contracts concluded between professionals and non-professionals.

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