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Showing 21412150 of 39264 articles for Art. CE 3-7-2009 n° 293154

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-7

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 214-1 of the Environment Code, the use of water for human consumption, with the exception of natural mineral water, is subject to authorisation fro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

For the application of the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Conven…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-7

…are carried out by the health professionals of the departmental maternal and child protection service and concern insured persons or their dependants, the related costs are reimbursed to the departme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-7

Each centre is administered by a Board of Directors comprising :1° The representative of the State in one of the departments in the region where the centre is based, appointed by the representative of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-75

…e regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction after obtaining the opinion of the competent central council of the national order of pharmacists. The competent council is notified by any means…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article R112-7

…2-2: 1° Distributors shall inform the subscriber at the beginning of the call : a) That, in accordance with the law, telephone conversations are recorded and, if an insurance contract is concluded, ke…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Management operations.

Article A431-7

On 31 December each year, the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance shall draw up an inventory of the Fonds National de Garantie des Calamités Agricoles and a balance sheet and profit and loss account in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-7

…e the end of the period referred to in I, the period shall expire twenty working days after their receipt, up to a maximum of eighty-five working days from the opening of the in-depth review. In the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional Certification Commission

Article R6113-7

…the Commission : 1° Contributes to the harmonisation of the terminology used by the ministries and certifying bodies for the titles of professional qualifications, the activities they cover and the s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-7

…ies may decide to participate in the experimentation provided for by the decree mentioned in the preceding paragraph, under the conditions and according to the procedures defined in Article LO 1113-2.…

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