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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4344-3

The offences referred to in articles L. 4163-3 and L. 4163-4 are applicable to speech and language therapists and orthoptists and are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-3

Where the classification implies the opening in favour of the employer of the right of attribution, the declaration shall be accompanied by a description of the invention. This description sets out: 1…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-3

A design shall be regarded as new if, at the date of filing of the application for registration or at the date of priority claimed, no identical design has been disclosed. Designs are considered ident…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 373-1

If one of the father and mother dies or is deprived of the exercise of parental authority, the other shall exercise this authority alone, unless he or she has been deprived of it by a previous court d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 372-2

With regard to third parties acting in good faith, each parent is deemed to act with the agreement of the other when he or she alone performs a customary act of parental authority in relation to the p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-3

The premium is payable in cash at the domicile of the insurer or the agent appointed by the insurer for this purpose. However, the premium may be payable at the insured's domicile or at any other agre…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-3

Public contracts concluded by a contracting authority, including one acting as a contracting entity, which does not exercise control over a legal person under the conditions laid down in Article L. 25…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other control measures.

Article L3114-3

The use of toxic gases appearing on a prohibition list established by order of the Minister for Health, made on the advice of the High Council for Public Health, in the destruction of insects and rats…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Duration

Article D3114-3

The competent State authority referred to in article L. 3114-8 is the Departmental Director of Public Finance.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-3

In a bill of exchange payable at sight or within a certain period of sight, it may be stipulated by the drawer that the sum will bear interest. In any other bill of exchange, this stipulation is deeme…

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