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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-7

…h grounds preclude it, parallel import authorisation is granted if the following conditions are met:1° The veterinary medicinal product is obtained from a company authorised within the meaning of Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of simple adoption

Article 370-1-7

Simple adoption confers the adopter's name on the adopted person by adding it to the latter's name. However, if the adopted person is over thirteen years of age, he or she must consent to this additio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7-1

…women and the total number of men, among the nine members of the Board and the person mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 241-1, is reduced as much as possible in order to obtain an equal number of w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-7-1

…placed within or near it and who benefit from the representation leave provided for in Article L. 3142-51 of the Labour Code, the allowance provided for in Article L. 3142-52 of the same code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-7-1

Appendix 11-7-1: Competencies required for the validation of federal certifications for the purpose of supervising patients recognised as having a long-term illness, as referred to in article D 1172-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-74

The provisions of article L. 226-4-1, relating to the proportion of members of the supervisory board of each sex, are applicable without threshold conditions to companies whose shares are admitted to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

If secure detention is not extended or is terminated pursuant to articles 706-53-17 or 706-53-18 and if the person presents risks of committing the offences mentioned in article 706-53-13, the regiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-71

…shall present, in a report attached to the report mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100, their observations on the report referred to, as the case may be, in article L. 225-37 or a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-7-1

…ity requirements and applicable law, through the colleges of supervisors referred to in Article L. 613-20-2 or the colleges of supervisors referred to in 7° of Article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

…by a decision not subject to appeal, to the civil court having jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, which shall examine it as a matter of urgency in accorda…

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