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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-3

An embryo may only be conceived in vitro within the framework and in accordance with the objectives of medically assisted procreation as defined in Article L. 2141-1.Taking into account the state of m…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

Where an investigative measure ordered abroad pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member St…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-3

…ispositions déclarées non conformes à la Constitution par la décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2020-801 DC du 18 juin 2020] when they have been the subject of a complaint submitted electronically…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1545

…e allocation of costs between the parties subject to the dispositions de l'article 123 du décret n° 2020-1717 du 28 décembre 2020 lorsque l'une des parties bénéficie de l'aide juridictionnelle. If not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Governance of investment firms

Article R773-23

…16-3 and R. 533-16-4n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-17n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 533-17-1n° 2020-1637 of 22 December 2020R. 533-18, R. 533-18-2 to R. 533-18-4n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 53…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Governance of investment firms

Article R774-23

…16-3 and R. 533-16-4n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-17n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 533-17-1n° 2020-1637 of 22 December 2020R. 533-18, R. 533-18-2 to R. 533-18-4n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 53…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Governance of investment firms

Article R775-22

…16-3 and R. 533-16-4n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 533-17n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 533-17-1n° 2020-1637 of 22 December 2020R. 533-18, R. 533-18-2 to R. 533-18-4n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 53…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-23

…ned in C of II of article L. 1233-5 under the conditions of article 66 of the decree of 20 November 2020 mentioned above when articles 76 or 77 of the same decree are applied.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-25

In the light of the certificate provided by the couple or the unmarried woman of the pre-implantation diagnosis, one of the practitioners of the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team obta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Information on the social conditions under which products are manufactured

Article D113-1

…re in New York on 1 March 1980; 4° The Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed in New York on 26 January 1990; 5° The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (together with an Opti…

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