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Showing 10911100 of 17413 articles for Art. n° 16-23.120 et n° 16-10.583

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-16

…rganisations whose statutory purpose is of a national and cross-industry nature and which received between 3% and 8% of the votes cast in the elections provided for in 3° of article L. 2122-9 and to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-16

The files compiled from the data mentioned in article R. 2122-12 are kept by the departments of the Minister for Labour for a period of one year after the close of the poll for which the files were co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional rules

Article R1132-16

The genetic counsellor respects the right of persons who consult him or her to consult the health professional of their choice.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-16

When the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 6122-10 relating to renewal of authorisation are applied, the application is submitted as provided for in Article R. 6122-28. In this case, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-16

…15-2, the parties concerned and the insurers of the parties implicated are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt of the date on which the commission is to meet in order to giv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-16

…ious diseases, the results of which, even if they reveal a risk of transmission or if they are not yet known at the time of the transplant, do not prohibit the transplant. The list of infectious disea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-16

Blood and its components may only be transferred to an educational establishment or vocational training organisation for teaching purposes, to the exclusion of any administration to humans, and on con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-16

Within the provisional statement of revenue and expenditure, the financial charges arising from the transfer to the establishment of obligations towards the victims of transfusion contamination are ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-16

…will issue an acknowledgement of receipt when the dossier referred to in Article R. 1232-15 is complete and will simultaneously send this dossier to the Minister for Research. If the dossier is incomp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-16

Applicant establishments or organisations have premises that guarantee the quality and safety of tissues or their derivatives or cell therapy preparations, in accordance with the rules of good practic…

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