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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-25-2

…R. 2213-25 and R. 2213-25-1 do not impede the free movement of coffins legally manufactured or marketed in another Member State of the European Union, in another State party to the Agreement establis…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-1

…as in the public establishments mentioned in I of article L. 313-12 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles. In university hospital centres, they carry out their activities in posts outside th…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-2

…inal product prescribed, a similar biological medicinal product where the following conditions are met:1° The similar biological medicinal product dispensed belongs to the same similar biological grou…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-4

The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-2 and in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, at least once a year, of the identity o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-41

…rticle 56-1, by articles 56-2, 56-3, 56-5 and 57 and by the first paragraph of article 59, objects: 1° Which may be used as evidence, or 2° Which have been acquired by the person sought as a result of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-5-1

…rector General of the Regional Health Agency, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, with regard to the intentions and capacities of all the establishments belonging to the groupi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34-4

The persons mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 6251-1 of the Labour Code are appointed for a period of five years by order of the regional and departmental director of youth, sports and social c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-22-2

Preimplantation diagnosis includes the following activities: 1° Cell sampling from the embryo obtained by in vitro fertilisation ; 2° Cytogenetic tests, including molecular tests, on the embryonic cel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-2

…ector General of the Agence de la biomédecine by the multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre together with a dossier complying with a standard dossier, the content of which is defined by decision…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT TO STAY ON FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L542-3

…enewing and withdrawing the asylum application certificate are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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