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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-2

…s produits de santé has the status of competent authority for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, under the conditions specifi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…olving 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 for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-2

…implementing decisions relating to hospitalisation without consent as provided for in articles L. 3211-11, L. 3211-11-1, L. 3212-8, L. 3213-1 to L. 3213-9, L. 3214-3 and L. 3214-4 ; 2° Protection aga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1144-2

…al level or in the company may take any legal action resulting from the application of articles L. 3221-2 to L. 3221-7, relating to equal pay for men and women.They may take such action on behalf of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-2

…assisted by experts appointed by the Director General of the Agency.The provisions of articles L. 1421-2, L. 1421-3 and L. 1427-1 are applicable to the Agency's inspectors.The Agency shall receive the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

The parties to the contract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L.…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-2

…rder shall contain : 1° A reference to the enforcement order under which the surrender is required; 2° An indication that the person required to surrender may, within a period of eight days, transport…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 268 bis

…ion offers comprising several services, including at least one of the services mentioned in 10° to 12° of article 259 B, which are supplied in return for a fixed price, when they are made up of severa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Levies

Article R512-22

3° Name and signature of the analyst; > Sealed samples are kept by the laboratory. Sealed samples are kept by the laboratory.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Classification of liens

Article 2332-3

…the conservator, where the costs of conservation are subsequent to the creation of the other liens;2° The lien of the lessor of immovable property, who was unaware of the existence of the other liens…

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