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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2-1

The assets of each contract covered by this section and subject to sub-accounting are held by one or more custodians separate from the supplementary occupational pension fund, which primarily provide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-2-1

For the application in New Caledonia of article L. 2141-11:1° In the second paragraph of I, the words: "and, where applicable, that of one of the parents exercising parental authority or of the guardi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to personal injury offences resulting from deliberate intoxication

Article 706-139-2

Where, pursuant to Article 351 of this Code, the question of the application of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code in relation to an accused charged with murder, assassination,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Organs, tissues and cells removed for autologous therapeutic purposes

Article R1211-22-1

When the samples referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-12 are taken for autologous administration and concern elements or products of the human body intended to be prepared or preserve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

…medicine containing one or more critically important antibiotic substances mentioned in article L. 5144-1-1 is subject to : 1° The prior performance of a clinical examination carried out by the prescr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-1-2

Notwithstanding 1° of article L. 4111-1, they may be individually authorised by the Minister for Health or, by delegation, by the Director General of the National Management Centre, after obtaining th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-22-1

…trielle shall ensure the publication, in the manner mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-21 : 1° Of the mention of the registration of the unitary effect and the effective date of the Eu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-17

In Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, pursuant to article L. 6523-1-4, a cross-industry skills operator approved under article L. 6332-1-1 may be authorised by joint order of the ministers responsible for voca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-2

The civil court with jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire may conduct or arrange for the conduct of any useful hearings and investigations, without being…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-2-1

By way of derogation from article L. 4383-2, the number of students or pupils mentioned in this article recruited to meet the needs of the armed forces and their distribution between the institutes or…

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