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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate and health questionnaire

Article A231-2

The questionnaire relating to the state of health of the minor athlete provided for in article D. 231-1-4-1 is shown in appendix II-23.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 862

In the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the president of the court of first instance shall exercise the powers vested in the commission mentioned in Article 706-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Savings products

Article R225-1

The financial securities referred to in article L. 225-2 are the assets, units or shares referred to in 1° to 4° of article R. 224-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article D5211-53

The intercommunal security and crime prevention council is governed by section 4 of Chapter II of Title III of Book I of the Internal Security Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-5

The statutory auditors of the branches of companies referred to in 4° of Article L. 310-2 are appointed by the authorised agent referred to in Article R. 329-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-16

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article L. 6431-8, the costs of transfer and care mentioned in 3° of article L. 6431-4 are borne by the agency.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article 933

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 706-4, the president of the court of first instance shall exercise the powers vested in the compensation commission.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Medicinal products and medical devices which midwives may prescribe

Article D4151-33

Midwives may prescribe the medicinal products listed in table V of appendix 41-4 to persons who regularly live with the child or pregnant woman.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-17

I.-The person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved and preserved in the context of medically assisted procreation for a parental project in application of article L. 2141-1 is consulted each…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-11

The agreements mentioned in article L. 122-10 may provide for flat-rate remuneration in the cases defined in 1° to 3° of Article L. 131-4.

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