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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-4

…ings, the civil court is not obliged to stay the proceedings until the criminal court has reached a final decision.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-6

…cular massage and medical gymnastics, which are authorised to be carried out by persons holding the final examination or diploma issued by the Aix-les-Bains spa techniques school and obtained before 3…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-17

…t of the prefect's proposals, the ministers responsible for the environment and the economy issue a final decision on the claim, by joint order, and, if the claim is found to be well-founded, set the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-34

…article 311-29, have been the subject in 2020 of a duly completed and certified acceptance of their final version by a television service publisher or by a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media ser…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-2

…tions or regularisation, the objection is declared inadmissible. The decision of inadmissibility is final. The decision of inadmissibility is entered in the National Patent Register.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Land publicity. Reform. Transitional provisions

Article 1132

…enticated, private sub-seed deeds that have acquired date certain, court decisions that have become final, transfers by death carried out, before 1 January 1956:1° - which were not subject to publicit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Declaration of new constructions and changes to their nature, purpose or use

Article 1406

…d unbuilt properties, are notified by the owners to the administration, within ninety days of their final completion and in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree. The same applies to chan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-1

…blic establishments of inter-communal cooperation is addressed to the president. The resignation is final as soon as it is received by the chairman, who immediately informs the mayor of the commune fr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa : Changing the sex indication in civil status records

Article 1055-9

…d court.This application shall be accompanied by the operative part of the decision that has become final and the documents containing the required consents.The spouse, the child of full age or the le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-69

…or denomination, legal form and registered office of the legal persons involved in the operation;4° Final decisions placing one of the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-54 under guardia…

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