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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken outside health regions where medical biology laboratories are located

Article R6211-12

The derogation provided for, on public health grounds, in Article L. 6211-16, under which the taking of a biological sample is carried out in one of the health territories in which the medical biology…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common section

Article A212-120

…third-degree state diploma in sports education must pass tests relating to the knowledge programme set out in annex II-8 to this code. This examination comprises : A. - The defence of a dissertation r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-123

Candidates for the specific part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du premier degré must pass a general test, an educational test and a technical test, with the exception of candidates who hold…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-12

…e beneficiary of the introductory management course provided for inarticle 59 of law no. 73-1193 of 27 December 1973 on the orientation of trade and craft industries are eligible for financing by the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

…test at the time of the declaration of birth: either the name of one of them, or their two names together in the order chosen by them, subject to a limit of one surname for each of them. In the absenc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-12

…h of article L. 335-7-1, the member of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) designated pursuant to IV…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-126

…24.If the acquirer is a third party to the company, the provisions ofarticles R. 743-44 and R. 743-125sont applicables.If the capital securities or corporate units are acquired by the company or by o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-12

The Ordinary General Meeting may, acting under the conditions of quorum and majority of the Extraordinary General Meeting if the cooperative is constituted in the form of a public limited company, or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-12

…provided for in Sections II, III, IV, V and VI of this Chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exercise group supervision over the ultimate parent undertaking at European U…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-125

In other cases, the Investigating Chamber issues a judgment declaring the person not criminally responsible on the grounds of mental disorder by which: 1° It declares that there are sufficient charges…

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