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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Obtaining documents held by a third party.

Article 141

…any legitimate impediment is invoked, the judge who ordered the delivery or production may, on application without form made to him, retract or modify his decision. The third party may appeal against…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: The issue of copies of documents and registers.

Article 1439

The party wishing to obtain the issue of a second enforceable copy of an authentic instrument must apply to the president of the judicial court. The request shall be made by petition.In the event of r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1470

…ss otherwise stipulated, the arbitral tribunal shall have the power to decide the incident of verification of handwriting or forgery in accordance with the provisions of Articles 287 to 294 and from a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-15

…or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation which include at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants or more, and which have their own tax system, the summary data relating to the fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-23

Nurses registered on the list referred to in article L. 4311-15 may wear the respective badge in accordance with the model drawn up by the Minister for Health, the use of which is exclusively reserved…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-23

…in personal injury sustained while hunting or destroying vermin must produce their licence, if applicable, and inform the law enforcement officer who draws up the official report or prepares the accid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-23

…it. If the patient agrees, the written consent form is sent by the prescribing doctor to the healthcare professionals employed by the operator. A copy of this form is kept by the patient. When the pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23

…mbulance coordination missions by the most representative departmental association of emergency medical transport mentioned in article R. 6312-20 or by the health establishment where the emergency med…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-6-3

I.-The person in charge of a facility referred to in I of Article R. 1333-6-1 shall define the acceptance specifications for substances entering the facility and the procedures for checking compliance…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2191-23

The services provided by the holder of a contract which give rise to the payment of advances or instalments, to final partial settlement, or to payment of the balance, shall be recorded in a document…

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