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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for overseas departments.

Article R*214-3

…or in a State mentioned in article L. 211-4 may provide cover for a period of between fifteen days and one year.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for overseas departments.

Article R*214-4

The powers exercised by the Minister of the Interior pursuant to article R. 211-1 and article R. 211-18 are devolved to the Minister responsible for the overseas departments and territories.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-2

…single-use devices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, their placing on the market and their use are prohibited.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-2

Judicial solitary confinement may be ordered by the liberty and custody judge when deciding whether to remand a person in custody or to extend that detention.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8-2

…produits de santé, on the basis of a dossier, the content of which is set by decision of the Agency and which may be supplied by the Etablissement français du sang, the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Surrender and removal in the event of a serious threat to public order

Article R621-9

…s of the second paragraph of article R. 621-7, this measure may continue, under the same conditions and according to the same procedures, for the purposes of enforcing the removal decision.However, if…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Surrender and removal in the event of a serious threat to public order

Article R621-7

When the administrative authority designated in article R. 621-1 finds that a foreign national holding long-term resident - EU status granted by another State is the subject of an enforceable removal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Surrender and removal in the event of a serious threat to public order

Article R621-8

When, at the end of the consultations provided for in Article R. 621-7, the State which granted long-term resident - EU status maintains the right of residence on its territory or suspends the withdra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 263

If the divorced spouses wish to enter into another union with each other, a new marriage celebration is required.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 264

Following a divorce, each of the spouses loses the use of his or her spouse's name. One of the spouses may nevertheless retain the use of the other's name, either with the other's agreement or with th…

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