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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Transferred services.

Article R4422-31

Sont transférés à la collectivité de Corse, en application du deuxième alinéa de l'article L. 4422-43 :1° The departments or parts of departments responsible, within the regional directorate of equipm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R4211-34

…tion of an establishment or organisation to carry out the activities referred to in Article R. 4211-32 relating to advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis is sent to the Direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties and powers of the pharmacists responsible.

Article R5124-34

…ble the pharmacist in charge to effectively carry out all of the tasks mentioned in article R. 5124-36.2° In not-for-profit humanitarian organisations, the president, a vice-president or one of the pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316-2

…acknowledgement is informed of this without delay. In the event of opposition, the civil registrar may not, on pain of the fine provided for in Article 68, register the acknowledgement or mention it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

The operation referred to in Article 230-32 is authorised: 1° As part of an investigation in flagrante delicto, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities

Article L213-32

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-3

…cines and Health Products). In the event of an unfavourable opinion from the committee, the sponsor may request that its substantial amendment project be submitted for a second review to another perso…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article L512-3

…aries from the register. III.The body that keeps the register provided for in I of Article L. 512-1 may also, in addition to issuing a warning or reprimand, automatically deregister intermediaries fro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…of Terrorism, done at Dublin on 4 December 1979, any person guilty of any of the following offences may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1: 1° Deliberate assault o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-3

…ct directly encouraging excessive consumption of alcohol under the conditions set out in article L. 3342-1 is punishable by the same penalty.Conviction of one of the offences provided for in this arti…

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