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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

…withdrawing the approval of the armed forces blood transfusion centre mentioned in article L. 1222-11 ; 2° After obtaining the opinion of the President of the Etablissement Français du Sang (French B…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-4

…xceeds the amount of rights registered in the account or the ceilings mentioned in articles L. 6323-11, L. 6323-11-1, L. 6323-27 and L. 6323-34 respectively, the account may, at the request of its hol…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-13

…n taken by the chairman of the panel or his delegate pursuant to the first paragraph of article 126-11, as well as the date of the hearing.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-32

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 11 relating to the confidentiality of investigations, any information or data exchanged shall be confidential. The procedures for transmitting and storin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-16-1

…e committee referred to inarticle L. 4241-6 is responsible for applying articles L. 4241-7, L. 4241-11, L. 4241-14 and L. 4241-16.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONTENT OF PROTECTION

Article R561-5

Travel documents issued pursuant to Articles L. 561-9, L. 561-10 or L. 561-11 include the information listed in B of II of Annex 3.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-2

…f they have a brother or sister who has acquired French nationality pursuant to articles 21-7 ou 21-11.Article 21-4 is applicable to declarations filed pursuant to the first paragraph of this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-3

By way of derogation from articles 16-10 and 16-11 of the Civil Code, when the person is incapable of expressing his or her wishes, the examination or identification may be undertaken for medical purp…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article L161-3

…ed mentioned in 2° to 5° of I of article 373-2-2 of the Civil Code that is enforceable by virtue of maintenance payments, contributions to the costs of the marriage prescribed byarticle 214 of the Civ…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to economic and financial capacity

Article R2142-7

…authorities; 2° Are kept in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 2184-7 to R. 2184-11 for contracting entities.

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