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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Child and adolescent psychiatry

Article R6123-193

…his pathway, in particular in conjunction with general practitioners, paediatric services, maternal and child protection, school medicine, adolescent centres, the social and medico-social sectors, chi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Child and adolescent psychiatry

Article R6123-195

The authorisation holder organises the transition from "child and adolescent psychiatry" care to "adult psychiatry" care, jointly and in advance between the two services or authorisation holders conce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Share capital and shares.

Article R6223-16

…the company on the sole basis of proof that the publication formalities provided for in article R. 6223-7 have been completed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Share capital and shares.

Article R6223-14

The following may be contributed to the company, either in ownership or in beneficial interest: 1° All intangible rights, and in particular the right for a partner to present the company as successor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Share capital and shares.

Article R6223-15

Shares may not be pledged as collateral.Their nominal value may not be less than 15.Shares representing contributions in kind are non-transferable and are cancelled if the holder loses his status as a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-1

The police and gendarmerie units may, ex officio or on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge, apprehend any convicted person for whom the second paragraph of arti…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition, assimilation and classification.

Article 28

…ation assigned to them by the Common Customs Tariff. Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomenclature for customs clearance o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2455

…if other properties mortgaged to the same debt are still in the possession of the principal debtor, and request prior discussion of the matter in accordance with the procedure laid down in Chapter I o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2457

…by deduction from the sale price, of his expenses necessary for the conservation of the immovable and of those which have increased its value, up to the limit of the estimated increase in value on t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2458

If the sale price exceeds the mortgage debt, the difference is for the third-party purchaser, except for the rights of his creditors registered on the property.

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