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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of death prior to sampling and conditions for taking samples

Article R1232-3

The death certificate referred to in article L. 1232-1 is drawn up on a document, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Health. When the death certificate is drawn up for a person in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…owner or owners of the building or, in the case of joint ownership, the joint owners' association; 4° For the buildings mentioned in article R. 1334-18, the owner or owners of the building, or the sy…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-5

Only work to repair damage to the assets listed in article R. 1613-4 and urgent work to restore the flow capacity of watercourses, for which the project management is provided by the local authority o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to the procedure for immediate collection by enforcement officers

Article A37-27-1

Attending officers may also receive immediate payment of the fixed fine or the deposit provided for in article L. 121-4 of the Highway Code, when the official report is drawn up using a secure electro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-10

I.-The processing of personal data provided for in Article L. 2143-4 is called the "Gamete and Embryo Donation Register". This processing, placed under the responsibility of the Agence de la biomédeci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-2

…is four years and may be renewed once. III-The term of office of the members referred to in 3° and 4° of article R. 7345-1 is valid until the next publication of the lists referred to in article L. 7…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6

…or dental purposes; or 3° A midwife, within the limits of the list mentioned in article L. 4151-4 ; 4° A biologist in charge of a medical biology laboratory for the performance of medical biology exam…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-10

The judge shall rule, at the request of any interested party or the public prosecutor, on any difficulties that may arise in the implementation of the system.Selected for this purpose under the condit…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article L531-1

Obstructing authorised agents from carrying out their duties in breach of the provisions of article L. 512-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fin…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-69

Deeds relating to gifts between spouses (numbers 22 and 23) in the table mentioned in article A. 444-53 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appe…

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