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Showing 15011510 of 44338 articles for Art. CE 24-2-2017 n° 387972

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and implementation of prenatal diagnosis

Article R2131-2-2

…inister for Health shall determine by order : 1° On a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, the recommendations for good practice relating to access, care for pregnant wo…

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In force

Article Annexe 2-2

…n, amortisation and provisions.e) Amount of profits distributed (1).III. - Result of operations reduced to one share (2):a) Profit after tax, but before depreciation, amortisation and provisions.b) Pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-2

I.-If the manufacturer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, its authorised representativ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Buildings where the lowest floor of the last storey is more than eight metres above ground level

Article R4216-26

The staircases and lifts in the buildings referred to in article R. 4216-24 are: 1° Either enclosed in one-hour fireproof shafts with half-hour fireproof doors and, in the case of staircases, a smoke…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-2

…ging a complaint online is only an option and that he or she retains the option of going to the police station or gendarmerie brigade of his or her choice to lodge a complaint, in accordance with the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-2

…thin the meaning of paragraphs 10 and 1 of Article 706-56-2, and those convicted of one of the offences for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred. II.-Expert reports, assessments and psychiatri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 207

…ns, whatever their legal form, and their unions for their activities relating to the study and defence of the rights and collective material or moral interests of their members or the persons they rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-2-2

…appoint at least one statutory auditor when the entity they form with the companies they control exceeds the thresholds set by decree for two of the following three criteria: the cumulative total of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-2

…the quality, safety and appropriateness of care, as well as the conditions under which users are received and treated. The Chairman of the Group Medical Commission keeps the Commission regularly info…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-27

Article L. 543-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting fromOrder No. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017, subject to the deletion of the words: "managers of European venture c…

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