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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident and whose statutory purpose includes defending or assisting children at risk and victims of all forms…

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

Article L1121-10

The sponsor is responsible for compensation for the harmful consequences of research involving the human person for the person who undergoes the research and for those of his successors in title, unle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-12

If it finds that one or more of the injuries referred to in Article L. 1142-24-10 are attributable to the prescription, before 31 December 2015, of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-4

In the event of a worsening of the risk during the term of the contract, such that, if the new circumstances had been declared when the contract was taken out or renewed, the insurer would not have ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

Part-time employees benefit from a minimum weekly working time determined in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-27.The first paragraph of this article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4

Preimplantation diagnosis is the biological diagnosis carried out using cells taken from the embryo in vitro. Preimplantation diagnosis is only authorised in exceptional cases under the following cond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-2

Medically assisted procreation is intended to fulfil a parental project. Any couple consisting of a man and a woman or two women or any unmarried woman shall have access to medically assisted procreat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair terms

Article R212-4

The 3° of article R. 212-1 and 6° of article R. 212-2 do not preclude the existence of clauses by which the supplier of financial services reserves the right to change the rate of interest owed by or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 968

The assets mentioned in article 965 given a usufruct, a right of habitation or a right of use granted on a personal basis are included in the assets of the usufructuary or the holder of the right for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants.

Article L4332-3

In 2008, the amount of the regional allocation for educational facilities is set at 661,841,207 euros.The amount allocated in 2008 to each region exercising the powers defined in article L. 214-6 of t…

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