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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties

Article R6112-6

…the legal representative with evidence of the breach.The legal representative of the establishment may submit written observations or ask to be heard by the Director General of the Regional Health Ag…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-1

…easons and with the authorisation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defence, marriages may be solemnised for military personnel, State sailors, persons employed in the wake of the armed f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

…e an informed personal decision alone, the judge or the family council, if it has been constituted, may provide that he or she will benefit from the assistance of the person responsible for his or her…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3-1

…hands of his or her spouse, cohabitee or partner in a civil solidarity pact, the public prosecutor may allocate to the victim, for a renewable period of six months and if he or she expressly consents…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 7: Commercial use of the image, name and voice of professional sportspeople and trainers

Article D222-50

A professional athlete or trainer may benefit from the payment of the royalty provided for in article L. 222-2-10-1, in respect of the individual use, by the sports association or company mentioned in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 369

…the extent and seriousness of the offence committed and the personality of the offender, the court may : a) Release the offenders from confiscation of the means of transport, except in cases where th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L314-16

…tion is executed using an instrument referred to in Article L. 133-28, the payment service provider may provide the payer, on paper or on another durable medium, only with information on the main feat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-5

…icinal product.They are implemented by healthcare professionals acting on behalf of an operator who may be financed by the company exploiting the medicinal product.There may be no direct contact betwe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-6

Tissue transplants and the administration of cell therapy preparations may only be carried out in health establishments. When these activities are costly or require special arrangements in the interes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisation of establishments taking samples.

Article L1242-1

Tissues from the human body may only be removed with a view to donation for therapeutic purposes in health establishments authorised for this purpose by the administrative authority after obtaining th…

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