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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Requests for access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article R2143-9

I.- Persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third party donor who, when they reach the age of majority, wish to have access, in application of the provisions of article L. 2143-5, to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-96

When, for the same election, several trade union organisations affiliated to the same union of trade unions have filed competing candidacies in the first college, the Director General of the Agency wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application procedures

Article L224-8

…s mentioned in articles L. 381-1 of the Insurance Code, L. 214-1 of the Mutual Insurance Code or L. 942-1 of the Social Security Code: the supplementary professional retirement organisation; -where th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-8

The fees governed by this title are fixed, subject to the provisions of article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-9

I. - Where the purpose of the amendments is to incorporate new obligations directly imposed by law or do not have the effect of undermining its general scheme, the regional plan for spatial planning,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article R2121-9

The deliberations of the town council are recorded in a register listed and initialled by the mayor, regardless of the method of transmission of these deliberations to the prefect.Matters coming up fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-9

…nal centimes collected the penultimate year by the communes under Article 52 of the Organic Law of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia;c) The product of own taxation collected the penultimate year…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-8

Adults under legal protection or unable to give their consent may only be asked to take part in the research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1 if research of comparable effectiveness cannot b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-9

Each antenatal clinic must have at least : 1° A medical office with all the equipment necessary for a proper examination of the patients, including a gynaecological table. At least two dressing tables…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 846 bis

Powers of attorney, mortgage releases and notarial deeds other than those recording usucapion are subject to a fixed land registration tax or, where applicable, a fixed registration fee of €25. The ra…

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