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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1219-1

The requests sent by the public prosecutor to guardianship judges contain the information mentioned in articles 1216-1 to 1216-3.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1214-1

Cases relating to the legal protection of adults shall be communicated to the Public Prosecutor's Office in accordance with the provisions of Articles 424 and 426 to 428 of this code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-27

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-4, contributions to the guarantee fund are assessed and collected as follows:1° (repealed)2° (repealed)3° The contribution from insurance compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-8

I.-Any person who hosts personal health data collected in the course of preventive, diagnostic, care or social and medico-social monitoring activities, on behalf of the natural or legal persons respon…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-10

A copy of the documents in proceedings initiated by the public prosecutor on the basis of articles 1210-4,1210-7,1210-8and 1210-9 must be communicated to the French central authority under the Hague C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-4

In accordance with the provisions of article R. 121, the compensation due, pursuant to article R. 121-1, to natural persons who are personality investigators, judicial controllers, delegates of the pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-121

Where the General Meeting has waived shareholders' pre-emptive rights, the provisions of Article R. 225-120 do not apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Union representation

Article R1432-121

…of the representativeness of the trade union organisations: 1° The percentage of votes cast in the elections to the agency committees in favour of the organisations mentioned in Articles L. 2122-1 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-121

Full-time inpatient cardiac surgery units have a sufficient number of dedicated beds to be able to care for cardiac surgery patients at all times.Protocols are agreed between the medical managers of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common section

Article A212-121

Candidates who obtain an average of 10 out of 20 or more in all the tests defined in article A. 212-120 are offered final admission to the examination for the common part of the third-degree state dip…

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