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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R752-44-4

…he Prefect has one month from receipt of the authorisation application to check that it is complete and to request any additional information or details. Once this one-month period has elapsed, the ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-4

I.-For the application of this sub-section: 1° The supply and service contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4122-2-1 are defined in accordance with Articles L. 1111-1, L. 1111-3, L.…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 443

…arge judgment or in the event of the death of the person concerned. Without prejudice to articles 3 and 15, the judge may also terminate it when the protected person resides outside national territory…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 442

…to improve according to current scientific knowledge, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision and on the advice of a doctor on the list referred to in article 431, renew the measure for a longer…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Duration of the measure

Article 441

…exceed five years. The judge who issues a guardianship measure may, by specially reasoned decision and on the assent of a doctor registered on the list referred to in Article 431 noting that the alte…

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

Article 63-4-3-1

If the person in police custody is transported to another place where he or she is to be heard or undergo one of the acts provided for in Article 61-3, his lawyer shall be informed without delay.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-5-1

The regions of Guadeloupe and La Réunion may, under the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, appoint public servants from the territorial collectivity to represent it in France's dipl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-3-1

…he Regional Council may ask the authorities of the Republic to authorise its President to negotiate and sign any instrument tending towards this membership and participation in the capital of this ban…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-5-1

…he Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, on the basis of preclinical and clinical studies considered significant during the scientific evaluation conducted with a view t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 407

…he president shall appoint an interpreter ex officio, who must be at least twenty-one years of age, and shall make him/her take an oath to assist justice in his/her honour and conscience.The public pr…

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