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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-16

The Commission Nationale de Biologie Médicale is chaired by a university professor-hospital practitioner, medical biologist, appointed by order of the Minister for Health, for a renewable term of five…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-16

The head of the medical biology laboratory holding the authorisation is required to declare without delay to the Minister responsible for health any change relating to the legal rules and technical op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of automated external defibrillators by non-physicians

Article R6311-16

The Minister for Health organises an evaluation of the way in which automated external defibrillators are used by collecting data transmitted by emergency teams. This data relates, in particular, to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-16

The person holding the authorisation for the cosmetic surgery facilities ensures the implementation of quality management for the sterile medical device circuit mentioned in article R. 6111-10 and ens…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-16

The Director of the Agency, appointed by order of the Ministers for Overseas France and Health, is a civil servant or hospital practitioner governed by Section 1 of Chapter II of Title V of Book I of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I

I. - The municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a general resolution adopted under the conditions defined in l'article 1639 A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within this perimeter

Article A761-14

The second part of the application to the Prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 includes all the information needed to examine the application, namely: 1° An indicative pla…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 I

The contribution for the repayment of the social debt to which sales of precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques are subject is established, controlled and collected in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-149

The package leaflet is drawn up in accordance with the summary of product characteristics. It includes a standard text, expressly inviting patients to report any suspected adverse reaction to their do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral and burial regulations.

Article D2573-16-1

I. - Articles R. 2213-2-2 to R. 2213-57 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XXV. II. - For the application of article R. 2213-2-2 : 1° The words: "provi…

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