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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-2

…in connection with his or her adoption, to France, where the adopter or adopters habitually reside; 2° Where a minor habitually resident in France has been, is or is to be moved, in connection with hi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-2

The co-undividers, if they all consent, may agree to remain in undivided ownership.On pain of nullity, the agreement must be drawn up in writing including a description of the undivided property and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-2

For medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, the provisions of Articles L. 6211-10, L. 6211-19 and L. 6212-3 are applicable only to laboratories on the list provid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Statistical declarations for the compilation of France's balance of payments and international investment position.

Article R152-2

…standing assets and claims abroad or their debts to foreign countries exceed an amount set by order of the Minister for the Economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-29

On receipt of the complete file from a person mentioned in Article R. 811-27, a receipt is issued. The national commission shall reach a reasoned decision within four months of the issue of the receip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration of companies operating a medical biology laboratory on the roll of the competent orders

Article R6223-2

A company operating a medical biology laboratory is formed under the suspensive condition of its registration on the roll of the Order of Physicians, where at least one medical biologist holds a fract…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6224-2

The accreditation decision referred to in Article R. 6221-4 is notified to the Minister for Defence for the medical laboratories under his authority and sent to the bodies referred to in Article L. 62…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-23

…thorisation to import tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body, whatever their level of processing, as provided for in the first paragraph of II of article L. 1245-5-1, are sent by phar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number.

Article D123-236

The provisions of article D. 123-235 do not prevent a company from being required to bear, in addition to the unique identification number and as a specific identifier: 1° For activities subject to re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-27

The purpose of the project studies is :1° To specify the overall solution and the technical, architectural and landscaping choices;2° To determine the characteristics and dimensions of the various str…

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