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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…ther or not they have been intubated or tracheostomised;16° Instrumental manual ventilation by mask;17° Use of a semi-automatic defibrillator and supervision of the person using this device;18° Admini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Sommaire

…d write-offs 14. Payment of legal fees 15. Payment of court rulings 16. Repayment of loans and fees 17. Taxes, duties and similar payments 18. Settlement and reprieve of debt Heading 2. Staff costs 21…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater B

…tween the company benefiting from the tax credit and these organisations.e) Costs of taking out and maintaining patents and plant variety certificates;e bis) The costs of defending patents and plant b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appeal from a judgment ruling exclusively on jurisdiction

Article 83

Where the judge has ruled on jurisdiction without ruling on the merits of the dispute, his decision may be appealed under the conditions laid down in this paragraph.The decision may likewise be challe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-1

A judge hearing a dispute may, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, order mediation.The mediator appointed by the judge has the task of hearing the parties and comparing their points of view…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 376

The interruption of proceedings does not relieve the judge of jurisdiction.The judge may invite the parties to inform him of their initiatives with a view to resuming the proceedings and strike out th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section III: Orders on request.

Article 496

If the request is not granted, an appeal may be lodged unless the order is issued by the First President of the Court of Appeal. The time limit for appeal is fifteen days. The appeal is lodged, invest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161-2

If the period provided for in Article 161 exceeds one year, the investigating judge may request that a progress report be filed beforehand, which shall be notified to the parties in accordance with th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 418

Any person who, in accordance with Article 2, claims to have been injured by an offence may, if he has not already done so, bring a civil action at the hearing itself.The assistance of a lawyer is not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-2

The sponsor may ask the person undergoing research to give informed consent at the time when he or she is required to agree to his or her data being used in subsequent research exclusively for scienti…

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