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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions.

Article D5232-3

The number of professionals responsible for guaranteeing the application of professional rules and good practice in the supply of equipment and services must be sufficient and adapted to the number of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 379-1

The judgment may, instead of total withdrawal, simply order a partial withdrawal of parental authority, limited to the attributes it specifies, or a withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority. I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-34

In the event of an infringement of the provisions concerning child labour set out in this chapter, the court may, depending on the circumstances and only in the event of a repeat offence, order that t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R1245-34

…s produits de santé is responsible for :1° Assigning the code defined in a of 2° of Article R. 1245-31 to the establishments it authorises pursuant to Article L. 1243-2, the first and second paragraph…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-3

Any person having standing to bring an infringement action may apply to the competent civil court for summary proceedings in order to obtain an order, if necessary subject to a fine, against the alleg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-3

Any person in respect of whom there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting that he has participated, as a perpetrator or accomplice, in the commission of a crime or offence punishable by imp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-3

The Livret A is open to individuals, associations mentioned in article 206. 5 of the General Tax Code, low-income housing associations and co-owners' associations. Minors may open Livret A accounts wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6252-3

Subject to the provisions of Chapter III of this Title, the President of the Territorial Council is solely responsible for administration. He may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-39

When the administrator or the mandataire judiciaire has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report at the court registry. Any interested party may examine it.When the judicial…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Voluntary departure period

Article L251-3

Foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this book have a period of voluntary departure of one month from notification of the decision to comply with the obligation to leave French territory.T…

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