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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for authorisation to carry out certain sampling procedures

Article R6213-12

I.-Medical biologists who do not meet any of the conditions mentioned in article R. 6213-11 may only carry out the following procedures with a view to medical biology examinations, if they also prove…

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

Article 342-12

Where filiation is established under the conditions laid down in article 342-11 by joint acknowledgement, the women named therein choose the surname that will devolve on the child at the latest at the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-123

In addition to undertakings carrying on direct insurance operations, including the operations referred to in Article R. 322-135, the companies or funds referred to in Article L. 322-27 whose exclusive…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-12

When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency establishes that the quantitative and qualitative targets mentioned in article L. 6122-8 are not being sufficiently met according to criteria de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contract notices for certain contracts awarded under an adapted procedure

Article R2131-12

Contracts awarded under an adapted procedure by the State, its public establishments other than of an industrial and commercial nature, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-1

For the implementation of the future protection mandate established pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 477 of the Civil Code, the mandatary shall appear in person at the registry of the judici…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1200-4

The children's judge shall notify the initiation of the proceedings, if they are not the authors of the referral:1° The legal representatives of the minor;2° The recipient or beneficiary of the family…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-126

Veterinarians providing the services referred to in Article L. 5141-15 who comply with the provisions of Article L. 241-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code may use in France veterinary medicinal…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-5

When a full hospitalisation measure is released in application of V of article L. 3211-12-1, the patient may, as soon as the measure is released, be subject to psychiatric care in the form mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-12

For the purposes of this Title, a care team is a group of professionals who participate directly on behalf of the same patient in the performance of a diagnostic or therapeutic act, the compensation o…

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