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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Collection of human faeces for therapeutic use

Article L513-11-3

In the event of non-compliance with the provisions of articles L. 513-11-1 and L. 513-11-2 by an establishment or body mentioned in article L. 513-11-1 or in the event of a risk to public health, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-9

Under conditions and procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire is dissolved, subject to the provisions of Article L. 6147-15:1° By decision of the Gen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-9

In the event that the person prosecuted is definitively sentenced to pay damages, the public prosecutor shall send each of the civil parties a copy of the documents attesting to the constitution and,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article R751-8

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article R762-9

If the full declaration is not filed within the time limits set out in article R. 762-5, commercial events held in the park are subject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Institutional medical conference

Article R6164-4

The hospital medical conference contributes to the development of projects relating to the conditions under which users are received and cared for, in particular : 1° Reflection on the ethics of care…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-17

The publishing contract is terminated, without prejudice to the cases provided for by common law, by the preceding articles of this sub-section or by the articles of sub-section 2, when: 1° The publis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article L225-204

A capital reduction is authorised or decided by the Extraordinary General Meeting, which may delegate to the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, all powers to carry it out.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Right of accession to what is produced by the thing

Article 549

The simple possessor makes the fruits his own only where he possesses in good faith. Otherwise, he is bound to return the products with the thing to the owner who claims it; if the said products are n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 797

If the application is rejected, a new application may not be made until two years have elapsed, unless the rejection of the first application was due to insufficient time for proof. In this case, the…

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