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

Article R422-7-2

The professionals mentioned in Article R. 422-7-1 are required, when carrying out their activity in France, to comply with the rules set out in the articles L. 422-8 and R. 422-52 to R. 422-54. In the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7-2

…ctors that it determines, of a scheme for the development of the sea within the meaning of article 57 of law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between municipalities, depar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for certain research on human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Article R2151-12-7

…into an animal embryo with the aim of transferring it to a female, as mentioned in article L. 2151-7. The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine consults the Agency's Steering Committee for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…s constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter represent, as at 31 December 2017, more than 80% of all the technical provisions within the meaning of Title IV of Book III, constit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-7-2

…one deputy is elected, he or she is elected in accordance with the rules set out in article L. 2122-7.When it is necessary, in the event of a vacancy, to appoint one or more deputies, they are chosen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-7-1

I. - Payment institutions providing the payment service referred to in 7° of II of article L. 314-1 must, at the time of authorisation, have professional civil liability insurance covering the territo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-7

…file containing all the information mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 1142-7 and article L. 1142-24-2. It also includes one or more medical certificates specifying the extent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings

Article 706-56-2

…nt or during the course of a security surveillance or retention measure;6° Pursuant to the articles 706-136 or 706-137 ;7° During the course of a psychiatric care measure ordered pursuant to article 7…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95-3

The operations mentioned in articles 706-95-1 and 706-95-2 are carried out under the authority and control of the magistrate who authorised them and may not, on pain of nullity, have any purpose other…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-8

…hese medicinal products during the previous calendar year. In the case mentioned in article R. 5121-76-7, the cost of monitoring is shared, according to the same procedures as in the previous paragrap…

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