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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-10

…r parent or against the child, or unless one of the parents has a clear hold over the other parent, and, after obtaining their agreement, appoint a family mediator to carry it out, including in the de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-12

Prior to any decision setting the terms and conditions for the exercise of parental authority and visiting rights or entrusting the children to a third party, the judge may commission any qualified pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-13

…r in the divorce agreement by mutual consent in the form of a private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary, as well as decisions relating to the exercise of parental authority, may be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Buying group structures.

Article D5125-24-16

…cle L. 5125-24. The structure referred to in the first paragraph may only purchase, in its own name and on its own behalf, and store medicinal products with a view to their wholesale distribution to i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-21

I.-The persons designated and authorised for this purpose within :1° Structures for integration through economic activity ;2° Organisations that prescribe work ;3° State departments responsible for st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-26-1

…must include: 1° A room used exclusively for collecting sperm; 2° A room used for preparing gametes and carrying out in vitro fertilisation with a view to carrying out a parental project, or for imple…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-24-10

…nt is a natural person, the applicant's surname, forenames, profession, domicile, nationality, date and place of birth and, where applicable, the company's unique identification number; if the applica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Prevention of acts of terrorism

Article 706-25-15

…in higher education after the baccalaureate who meet the conditions for access to the civil service and can provide proof of at least four years' professional experience. Specialised assistants for th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-27-1-1

The court may order, of its own motion or at the request of any person with standing to bring an infringement action, all legally permissible investigative measures even if a seizure for infringement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Neighbourhood noise.

Article R1337-10-2

…tions set out in articles R. 1312-2 to R. 1312-7, other municipal officers are authorised to record and investigate neighbourhood noise offences under the conditions set out in articles R. 571-92 to R…

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