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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-4

The Agency has a Steering Committee which ensures the quality of its medical and scientific expertise, taking into account any ethical issues that may arise. This board must be consulted by the Direct…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-24

The owner of the patent may at any time either renounce the patent in its entirety or one or more claims, or limit the scope of the patent by amending one or more claims.The request for renunciation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-41

When the requested person is arrested, seizure shall be carried out, at the request of the judicial authority of the issuing Member State or on the initiative of the executing judicial authority, in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-36

In the event of prosecution for one of the offences referred to in Article 706-34, the investigating judge may provisionally order, for a period of up to three months, the total or partial closure of:…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-ministerial cooperation and exchanges of information relating to the fight against trafficking in doping substances or methods

Article D232-99

In each region and in Corsica, a regional commission to combat trafficking in doping substances or methods is set up.Its purpose is to lead and coordinate the work of the decentralised government depa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-2

Full members of staff and non-full members of staff with a contract of at least one year who are working in the establishment on the day of the ballot are eligible to vote and stand for election in co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2241-1

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet, at least once every four years for the subjects mentioned in 1° to 5° and at least once every five year…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-7

The guarantee fund of the undertakings referred to in article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate in one or more of the classes referred to in 1 to 18 of articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the M…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-5

…with the beneficiaries mentioned in article L. 432-1 ; b) When they are likely to compromise the performance of the tasks entrusted to the organisation by the State; orc) Or when, having regard to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-6-1

…to establish the facts;2° The person refrains from destroying, falsifying or concealing relevant information or evidence;3° The person provides evidence likely to establish the offence and to identif…

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