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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-7

The centre referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 shall compile a file containing information on the two members of the couple or the unmarried woman at the origin of conception which…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Ad hoc curators and ad hoc guardians

Article 455

In the absence of a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian, the curator or guardian whose interests are, on the occasion of an act or series of acts, in opposition to those of the protected person…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-53

The social and economic committee is informed and consulted : 1° Before an application to open receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings is filed with the company registry; 2° During safeguar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-4

Each member of the economic interest grouping or company is the holder of shares that cannot be dissociated from the use of a pitch determined by the constitutive contract or the Articles of Associati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat specifies the procedures for opening, operating and closing the Livret A. Deposits made into a Livret A account may not exceed a ceiling set by the decree referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-4

The doctors who establish the death, on the one hand, and those who carry out the removal or transplantation, on the other, must be part of separate functional units or departments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Removal from a living person.

Article L1231-4

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, in particular: 1° The provisions applicable to cross-organ donation, including the ter…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Protection granted to a minor

Article R561-4

For the application of article L. 561-8, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons informs the parents or legal guardians of the minor concerned that any refusal to submit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Introduction of a foreign worker.

Article L5221-4

Subject to international agreements, it is forbidden for a temporary employment agency to make foreign workers available to any person whatsoever if the service is provided outside French territory.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Request for a formal position

Article R1116-4

The formal position statement shall be sent to the applicant by any means that provides proof of receipt.

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