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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

…ls abroad; -Ecoles normales supérieures; -Experimental establishments created on the basis of order no. 2018 1131 of 12 December 2018 relating to the experimentation of new forms of bringing together,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-1

The police and gendarmerie units may, ex officio or on the instructions of the public prosecutor or the sentence enforcement judge, apprehend any convicted person for whom the second paragraph of arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

…companies. At the end of a period of two years from the promulgation of the Financial Security Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003, only units in non-trading property investment companies whose article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-107

The central body for savings banks and banques populaires exercises the powers set out in Articles L. 511-31 and L. 511-32 of this Code. To this end, it is responsible for1° Defining the policy and st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2

The President of the Departmental Council is responsible for organising :1° Prenatal and postnatal consultations and medico-social prevention activities for pregnant women;2° Consultations and medico-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-3

I.-In the month following the admission to psychiatric care decided upon in application of this chapter or resulting from the decision mentioned in article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-1

The commission provided for in article L. 3222-5 : 1° Is informed, under the conditions laid down in Chapters II and III of Title I of this Book, of any decision to admit a person to psychiatric care,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-4

I. - When a healthcare professional who has ceased to be covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, applies to be entered on the roll of a professional association or on one o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-10-1

I. - The Regional or Inter-Regional Council, under the supervision of the National Council, fulfils, at regional level, the general responsibilities of the Association as defined in article L. 4322-7.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

In relation to the base of dispersion constituted by the difference between the total amount of the regulated commitments mentioned in Article R. 331-1, all currencies combined, and the total amount o…

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