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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-28

When it comes from the person who is the subject of psychiatric care, the application may be lodged with the secretariat of the host institution. The request for legal action may also be made by an or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-27

The director of the establishment, either on his own initiative or at the request of the judge, shall provide the documents referred to in article R. 3211-12 by any means within five days of registrat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-29

When the liberty and custody judge decides to refer the matter to himself pursuant to the last paragraph of I of article L. 3211-12, he shall give the person undergoing psychiatric care, his lawyer as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-30

The judge's order is made within twelve days of registration of the application at the court registry. This period is extended to twenty-five days if an expert opinion is ordered.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-227

…register in the event of dissolution if it is a legal unit mentioned in 4° to 6° of Article R. 123-220, and in the event of death, a final decision to deregister, pursuant to the provisions of Articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1638-0 bis

…additional taxation, unless the Community Council opts for the system provided for in Article 1609 nonies C, acting by a simple majority of its members, adopted no later than 15 January of the year i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1-0 quinquies : Maintenance of tax deferrals for certain professional capital gains

Article 151-0 octies

The tax deferrals referred to in articles 151 octies to 151 nonies are maintained in the event of the deferral or suspension of taxation of capital gains arising on the occasion of events deemed to pu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article R220-2

…y resulting from :1° Accidents, fires or explosions caused by the equipment mentioned in article R. 220-1, in the course of its operation, by the accessories or products used in this operation and by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-18

I.-The persons authorised to access the processing for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are the Commission's authorised agents and, where applicable, subcontractors recruited u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-16

I.-The processing of personal data provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2143-6 is called the "information system for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted…

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