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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-1

Without prejudice to the application of article 36, public proceedings shall be initiated by the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who shall decide what action to take on the facts brou…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I bis: Provisions relating to the duty allocated to the compensation fund for the profession of solicitors at the courts of appeal

Article 963

…ent of the duty provided for in that Article, failing which the appeal or the defences, as the case may be, will be inadmissible. Except in the case of an application for legal aid, the principal appe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may impose special conditions on, restrict or suspend the testing, manufacture, preparation, import, use, export, wholesale dist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-66

…visions or failure to comply with the requirements mentioned in the second paragraph of Article R. 1243-62, the authorisation may be suspended or withdrawn by the Minister responsible for research. Wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-356

…he midwife has been sent to the patient by another midwife who is temporarily unable to attend, she may under no circumstances consider the patient as her client. In the cases provided for in 2° and 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-42

…this section and which are intended to be used in biomedical research, the sponsor of this research may either terminate or continue it. If he decides to continue it, he shall put in place agreements…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-14

…s agreement, the prescribing doctor.If the patient is incapable of expressing his wishes, the nurse may not intervene unless the trusted support person provided for in article L. 1111-6, or the family…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients

Article R4321-84

…the prescribing doctor.If the patient is unable to express his or her wishes, the physiotherapist may not intervene unless the designated trusted support person or the patient's relatives have been…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-321

…the web page is protected from indexing by search engines. Within eight days of publication, voters may check their entries and, where appropriate, submit applications for registration. Within the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-5

The minimum number of meetings, which may not be less than four per year, and, subject to the following provisions, the procedures for convening meetings and the rules governing the operation of the B…

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