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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…n; 15. Legionellosis; 16. Leptospirosis; 17. Listeriosis; 18. Orthopox viruses, including smallpox; 19. Native malaria; 20. Imported malaria in overseas departments; 21. Plague; 22. Poliomyelitis; 23.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…edical intensive care ; 15° Stomatology ; 16° Otolaryngology ; 17° Ophthalmology ; 18° Cardiology ; 19° Radiology ; 20° Gastroenterology ; 21° Pneumology. For the specialties mentioned in 15° to 21°,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6211-2

…mber is one of these elements. When a sample is transmitted under the provisions of Article L. 6211-19, the two laboratories ensure that the sample can be traced by means of the patient identification…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

…om which he or she has benefited and order his or her re-incarceration. The articles 712-17 and 712-19 shall apply. II.-In all cases, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article R331-18

I.-The rapporteur referred to in Article 42-7 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication may refer to himself any information likely to justify initiating the investigation pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-17

…riority right to rent in the rebuilt building, subject to the conditions set out in articles L. 145-19 and L. 145-20.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-10

…té de libre partenariat draws up an annual report under the conditions set out in article L. 214-24-19 and a half-yearly report covering the first six months of the financial year. These reports shall…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-7-1

…the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

…sulting from order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 314-7 à L. 314-10, L. 314-13, L. 314-14, L. 314-19 et L. 314-20Resulting from Order No. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 314-22 Resulting from the loi n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-3

…500 to 9,999 inhabitants; - communes with 10,000 to 14,999 inhabitants ; - communes with 15,000 to 19,999 inhabitants; - communes with 20,000 to 34,999 inhabitants; - communes with 35,000 to 49,999 i…

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