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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-1

I.- When examining any request for authorisation for compassionate access, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé has the prerogatives set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-1

…lic health institution resulting either from a change in its jurisdiction or from a merger takes place under the conditions defined respectively in II and III of this article. II -A change of jurisdic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-33

…organising the operation;2° Costs of drawing up the programme for the operation;3° Costs of conferences and workshops;4° Costs of hiring space and equipment;5° Communication and reception costs.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest with electronic surveillance and pre-trial detention

Article D32-30

…y, if he or she expressly consents and for a specified period, be allocated a remote protection device enabling the public authorities to be alerted in the event of a breach of these obligations or pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-32

…lity to contribute to a mission of general interest for the immersive creation sector;2° The relevance of the format and theme and the quality of the programming;3° The relevance of the communication…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-3

The tests to ascertain knowledge consist of a written test and a situational test in front of the members of the jury. These tests are designed to assess candidates' theoretical and practical knowledg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-55-3

Where the composition pénale includes the measure of prohibition on meeting, receiving or coming into contact with the victim provided for in 10° of Article 41-2, this measure is brought to the attent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…the inadequacy of the obligations of judicial supervision or house arrest with electronic surveillance and the reason for detention by reference solely to the provisions of the articles 143-1 et 144.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Actions contesting parentage

Article 333

Where possession of status is in accordance with the title, only the child, one of his father and mother or the person claiming to be the real parent may bring an action. The action is time-barred aft…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Actions contesting parentage

Article 335

…by a notarial act may be contested by any person who has an interest in doing so by producing evidence to the contrary, within a period of ten years from the issue of the act.

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