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

Article R1222-61

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 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 f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-25

…en the procedures for transmitting information to the funds mentioned in 3° of IV of Article L. 311-18 do not guarantee an appropriate level of confidentiality, the college of supervisors or the colle…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-24

…ntries mentioned in article L. 511-16 under the conditions defined in articles L. 511-16 and L. 511-18.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Incidents relating to the enforcement of the penal constraint

Article D49-90

…ge delegated by him shall be assisted by a court clerk. The articles D. 49-13 to D. 49-17 and D. 49-18 are applicable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27

…directors whose number and method of appointment are provided for in Articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18, directors elected either by the company's employees, or by the employees of the company and thos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-14

…ganismes de sécurité sociale for the collection of the contributions referred to in article L. 3253-18. If this association is dissolved, the administrative authority entrusts the body provided for in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-91

…d audio description files are subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Award of sub-contracts where the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formal procedure

Article R2393-20

By way of derogation from article R. 2393-18, the holder is not required to publish a notice when the sub-contract fulfils the conditions for use of the award procedure without prior advertising or co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R341-4

If the creditor fails to comply with the formalities prescribed in Article L. 312-18 or failing to include a detachable form in the offer of a credit agreement, pursuant to the provisions of article L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-72

If the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 221-18 are not complied with, the sums in all the people's savings plans of the person who has not complied with these provisions are deemed to…

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