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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-3

For the purposes of this Book, and under the conditions it lays down, nationals of States which are not members of the European Union and which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-4

Family member of a European Union citizen means a foreign national, regardless of nationality, who falls into one of the following situations:1° Spouse of the citizen of the European Union;2° Direct d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-5

A foreign national maintaining private and family ties with a citizen of the European Union is taken to mean a foreign national, regardless of nationality, not covered by article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-34

The public establishments for intercommunal cooperation and the Lyon metropolitan area, when they have adopted the territorial climate-air-energy plan mentioned in Article L. 229-26 of the Environment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-2

If the deceased was a minor, the sample may only be taken for one or more of the purposes mentioned in article L. 1232-1 if each of the persons exercising parental authority consents in writing.Howeve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-3

Samples may only be taken for scientific purposes within the framework of protocols submitted to the Agence de la biomédecine prior to their implementation. The Minister responsible for research may s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-4

The doctors who establish the death, on the one hand, and those who carry out the removal or transplantation, on the other, must be part of separate functional units or departments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-1

The removal of organs from a person whose death has been duly confirmed may only be carried out for therapeutic or scientific purposes.The doctor shall inform the deceased's next of kin, prior to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-5

Doctors who carry out a removal or a medical autopsy on a deceased person are obliged to ensure that the body is restored in the best possible way.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-6

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The conditions under which the death certificate provided for in the f…

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