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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2238

…on or, in the absence of a written agreement, from the day of the first mediation or conciliation meeting. The limitation period is also suspended from the date of conclusion of a participatory proced…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2239

The statute of limitations is also suspended when the judge grants a request for an investigative measure submitted before any trial.The statute of limitations starts to run again, for a period of not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2234

Prescription shall not run or shall be suspended against a person who is unable to act as a result of an impediment resulting from law, agreement or force majeure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-6

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat :1° The conditions under which, in the interests of patients and their relatives, examinations of a person's genetic characteristics o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-4

I.-For the application of this sub-section: 1° The supply and service contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4122-2-1 are defined in accordance with Articles L. 1111-1, L. 1111-3, L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L764-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L763-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L762-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of toxicovigilance

Article R1340-7

…th the rules guaranteeing the confidentiality of information covered by medical or business secrecy:1° To organisations responsible for toxicovigilance ;1° bis To the Institut national de recherche et…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1587

I. - A royalty is levied for the benefit of the départements on each net tonne of the conceded product extracted by mine concessionaires, amodiataires and sous-amodiataires of mining concessions, by h…

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