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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-35

Practitioners meeting the criteria mentioned in article R. 2142-11 for the conservation of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos are responsible for keeping the registers mentioned in articles R. 2142-3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-10

Notwithstanding the provisions of Title VI of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure, actions brought before the Paris Court of Appeal against the Office are initiated, investigated and judged in acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-12

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-12 in respect of the increase in own funds provided for by the safeguard or recovery plan (number 10 of table 4-1) is set in proportion to the amount of this inc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-3

Employing an apprentice under the age of eighteen to work at night, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6222-26, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to land and air transport.

Article R6314-2

Any person holding the authorisation provided for in article R. 6312-11 who fails to submit the vehicles and aircraft used for medical transport to inspection by the Health and Social Affairs Departme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…I of Book I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-14

…which shall receive the appeal and give its ruling under the conditions set out in Article R. 823-18. The most diligent party has ten days from notification of the decision of the president of the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-32

…17° Le produit des taxes prévues aux Articles 1528, 1529, 1530 and 1530 bis of the General Tax Code;18° The fraction of value added tax provided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-17

I.-The Director General of France Compétences may, in particular in the event of an alert being issued on the basis of the last paragraph of Article R. 6113-14, request any documents and evidence enab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-36

Where, before transmitting the conviction and the certificate, the competent authority of the convicting State consults the Public Prosecutor, the latter shall inform him without delay if, pursuant to…

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