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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-4

To carry out its duties, the trade union committee meets when convened by its chairman. The chairman is required to convene, within one month, the commission at the request:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-4

The data relating to the third-party donors mentioned in Article L. 2143-3, the data relating to their donations and to the persons born as a result of these donations, as well as the identity of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-4

The provisions of articles L. 215-1 to L. 215-3 and L. 241-3 are reproduced in full in the contracts for the provision of services to which they apply.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-117-4

Insurance contracts taken out by the reinsured companies referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 322-117-1 must indicate, in very conspicuous characters, the name and address of the mutual in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-4

Blood, its components and their derivatives may not be distributed, issued or used without biological examinations and screening tests for transmissible diseases having been carried out.Blood, its com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-4

The accounts are drawn up by the management body and approved by the General Meeting of members or by a collegiate supervisory body designated by the Articles of Association.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-4

The territorial chambers of commerce and industry and the departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France may, alone or in collaboration with other partners, within the framework of th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax.

Article L422-4

Article L. 5211-21 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales sets out the rules governing tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax for public inter-municipal cooperation bodies that are classif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-2

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply when: 1° The second-hand medical device is sold to a medical device manufacturer, as defined in 3° of Article R. 5211-4, unless the latter expressly req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article R1313-27-3

Membership of the Monitoring Committee is incompatible with membership of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee.

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