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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article R214-4

The committee and its specialist bodies meet when convened by the chairman and on the agenda he has set. Meetings are convened as of right when requested, on a specific agenda, either by the minister…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-37-3

Fungible goods represented by a storage receipt may be replaced by goods of the same nature, kind and quality. A storage receipt may be issued representing a batch of fungible goods to be taken from a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 349

…This consent is given in accordance with the forms provided for in the second paragraph of article 348-3. It may be withdrawn at any time until the adoption is granted.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348

When the filiation of a minor is established with regard to both parents, both must consent to the adoption. If one of them is deceased, unable to express his or her will, or has lost his or her right…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 350

The court may order the adoption, if it is in the interests of the adopted person, of a minor over the age of thirteen or of a protected adult of full age, both of whom are unable to give their person…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Appeals in cassation.

Article 366

The rules in force in the territory concerning cassation proceedings in civil and criminal matters are applicable to customs cases.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 471

Notwithstanding an appeal, a detained defendant who has not been sentenced to an unsuspended term of imprisonment shall be released immediately after the judgment. The same shall apply in the event of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

I.-Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-42-1

…formation provided by the sponsor in the application for authorisation referred to in article L. 1123-8 and accepted by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. II.-The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions for external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Article R6123-93-4

…ho perform intracranial radiosurgery under stereotactic conditions in accordance with article R. 6123-100.

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