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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-30

…ormation being affixed to the external packaging, in addition to the information mentioned in 4° to 7° of Article R. 2142-29: 1° "Gametes" or "germinal tissue", "fragile" and "do not irradiate"; 2° Th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 293

Witnesses may be those who saw the disputed writing being written or signed or whose testimony appears useful in establishing the truth.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article R612-7-1

The departments mentioned in II of Article L. 612-8-1, which are responsible for preparing the work of the resolution board and implementing its decisions, are set up as a resolution department within…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-3

…e same agreements in proportion to the technical provisions mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article R. 441-7, valued at the same date.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7-2

…mittee, the Agence nationale du sport, the Ministère chargé des sports or one of its establishments may be appointed as a member of the Sanctions Committee.The duties of a member of the Enforcement Co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to non-contentious matters.

Article 29

A third party may be authorised by the judge to consult the case file and have a copy issued to him, if he can justify a legitimate interest.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Obligations of private individuals

Article 306

No one may import, acquire free of charge or for a consideration, hire out or have repaired or transformed an appliance or parts of appliances suitable for the distillation, manufacture or pressing of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Entering into an innovation partnership

Article R2172-30

The purchaser may not award the innovation partnership on the basis of the initial tenders without negotiation. It shall negotiate the initial tenders and all subsequent tenders with a view to improvi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-305

…al qualification or when it does not transmit the information provided for in 3° of article R. 123-279 within the required timeframe, or when, in the event of a change in situation affecting its oblig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Physician or pharmacist assigned to a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6213-7-2

The application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 6213-7-1 shall be sent to the Minister for Health by any means capable of providing a date certain, accompanied by a dossier, the compositio…

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