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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book II: Provisions specific to each court.

Article 853

The parties shall, unless otherwise provided, be required to constitute a lawyer before the Commercial Court. The constitution of the lawyer entails election of domicile. The parties are exempt from t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-13

After dispensing, the prescription or order form must bear : 1° The pharmacy stamp ; 2° The registration number(s) provided for in article R. 5132-10 ; 3° The date of dispensing; 4° The quantities dis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-15

On receipt of the sample(s), as appropriate, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

This Title shall apply to proceedings concerning the following offences: 1° Crimes of murder or assassination provided for in articles 221-1 to 221-4 of the Penal Code, when committed on a minor or wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Interprofessional redistribution

Article R444-28

Installation and maintenance grants are awarded up to: 1° A ceiling per service defined, for each profession concerned, by the order provided for in 2° of Article R. 444-27, and which does not exceed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions specific to entry 5: "intensive vascular neurology care".

Article D6124-30

In addition to the equipment mentioned in II of article D. 6124-27-1, the vascular neurology intensive care unit includes at least the equipment required to carry out X-ray and transcranial Doppler ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 3: "cardiac intensive care".

Article D6124-29

In addition to the equipment mentioned in II of Article D. 6124-27-1, the cardiology intensive care unit includes at least the equipment required to carry out cardiac ultrasound examinations, includin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

This Book, as amended by Decree no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010 , is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, with the exception of Section 2 of Chapter III, Title II, Articles R. 324-4 and R. 334-48…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-24

The rights of information, access, rectification and limitation of data shall be exercised under the conditions laid down respectively in Articles 13, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Storage of embryonic stem cells

Article R2151-22

The declaration of embryonic stem cell storage provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 2151-9 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means enabling rece…

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