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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5

…doctors, the association of dental surgeons, the association of midwives, the association of nurses and healthcare centres, are defined after consultation with the representative of the State with ter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Delegation of powers

Article L1111-8-1

…tax status that so requests.The powers delegated pursuant to this article are exercised in the name and on behalf of the State. They may not empower the local authorities and public establishments con…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-8-1

In the case of gamete donation or embryo reception, the recipients are the persons who have given their consent to medically assisted procreation. The principle of anonymity of the donation does not p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-8

…party, whether a parent or not, for a ruling on the arrangements for exercising parental authority and the contribution to the child's maintenance and education.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of simple adoption

Article 370-1-8

The adopter holds parental authority concurrently with the other member of the couple, who retains sole exercise of that authority, subject to a joint declaration with the adopter addressed to the dir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8-1

…g the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. The court may also order the confiscation of the object that was used or inte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-8

…narticle L. 1237-19, the content of the agreement providing for a collective agreement termination, and the regularity of the procedure preceding the decision of the administrative authority may not b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-8

The rules set out in Articles L. 10 and L. 67 of the Electoral Code apply to electoral operations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-8-1

…expected benefit for other persons in the same legal situation. In this case, the foreseeable risk and the constraints involved in the research must be minimal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-8

…with that awarded, where applicable, under Articles L. 1142-14, L. 1142-15, L. 1142-17, L. 1142-20 and L. 1142-21, nor with compensation of any kind received or to be received from other debtors for…

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