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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Termination of pregnancy for medical reasons.

Article L2213-2

If the woman is an unemancipated minor, the consent of one of the persons vested with parental authority or, where applicable, of the legal representative must be obtained before carrying out the volu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compulsory transmission of individual data to the health authority.

Article L3113-1

…ublique, determines the procedures for the transmission of only the personal data necessary for the exercise of their powers by the regional health agencies and the Agence nationale de santé publique,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-7

…ll public places, in private homes and in shops other than pharmacies and herbalists' shops. In the exercise of their profession, qualified herbalists are subject to the same rules as those governing…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-45

…p of investments is held or has been acquired forward with a maturity date prior to the maturity or exercise date of the instrument; b) The investment or group of investments is identical or similar t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-52

…financial instrument does not give rise to any financial obligation for the company on or after the exercise date, the limitations of this article do not apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-31-1

…e procedures provided for in this section. In this case, the plan implementation commissioner shall exercise the powers vested in the court-appointed administrator. Unless justified by the circumstanc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article L670-1

The provisions of this Title shall apply to natural persons domiciled in the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, and to their estates, who are neither farmers nor persons exercising a com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Simple suspension

Article 736

The suspension of sentence does not extend to the payment of damages. Nor does it extend to the incapacities, prohibitions and disqualifications resulting from the conviction. However, these incapacit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-8

…Article L. 421-7, if that person no longer fulfils the conditions laid down in that Article for the exercise of the functions he holds, or to put an end to breaches by that person of the regulations a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-21

…earing as soon as he is aware of it. Time spent away from the workplace during working hours in the exercise of judicial functions is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining the…

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