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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-1

…intenance of life, they may be suspended or not undertaken, in accordance with the patient's wishes and, if the patient is incapable of expressing his or her wishes, at the end of a collegiate procedu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-5

…le L. 3211-2-1 if the conditions provided for in I of articles L. 3212-1 or L. 3213-1 are still met and in accordance with the procedures provided for, respectively, in chapters II or III of this titl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to personnel.

Article R6113-52

The agency employs staff governed by titles II, III or IV of the general statute of civil servants and staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1 in an active, secondment or secondment position…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-5

…works site, the decision of the Regional Director of Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment is notified simultaneously to the project owner and to the person in charge of the si…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux.

Article R2573-56

The commission mentioned in article R. 2573-55 is composed of five mayors and two presidents of groups of communes. The High Commissioner or his deputy attends the work of the commission.The commissio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux.

Article R2573-57

The mayors and presidents of groupings sitting on the commission provided for in article R. 2573-55 are elected by proportional representation with the highest remainder, by the college of mayors and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-55-1

…t each industrial property attorney registered on the list provided for in Article L. 422-1 updates and improves the knowledge required to practise his profession. The duration of continuing education…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-5

…que is authorised if, without constituting a new process, it improves the efficacy, reproducibility and safety of the process it modifies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: The right of accession to that which unites with and incorporates into the thing

Article 551

Everything that unites with and incorporates into the thing belongs to the owner, according to the rules that will hereinafter be established.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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