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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-44

…aintaining the suspension, amending or withdrawing an authorisation pursuant to articles L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, shall be lodged within the time limit and in accordance with the procedures provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…aken after obtaining the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy in the cases provided for in Articles L. 6122-9, L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, includes th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-42

…against the orders establishing the inter-regional health plans provided for in articles L. 1434-3 and R. 1434-10 shall be lodged within two months of the publication provided for in article R. 6121-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subrogated curator and subrogated guardian

Article 454

The judge may, if he considers it necessary and subject to the powers of the family council if it has been constituted, appoint a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian. If the curator or guardian…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Ad hoc curators and ad hoc guardians

Article 455

In the absence of a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian, the curator or guardian whose interests are, on the occasion of an act or series of acts, in opposition to those of the protected person…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Display and distribution of decisions

Article 433 bis

…r the offence provided for in Article 459(1a), the court shall order that the sentence be displayed and disseminated under the conditions provided for in Articles 131-35 or 131-39 of the Criminal Code…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-4

International agreements concerning both areas of State competence and areas of regional competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of Articles L. 4433-4-2 and L. 4433-4-3-2 is not applied, ne…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: User rights

Article L219-4

…the free use of protected subject matter within the limits of the rights provided for in this code and those granted by the rightholders. In particular, they must not have the effect of depriving use…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: User rights

Article L137-4

…may not preclude the free use of the work within the limits of the rights provided for in this code and those granted by the rightholders. In particular, they must not have the effect of depriving use…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 4: Seizure incidents

Article R221-40

Disputes relating to the seizure for sale shall be brought before the enforcement judge of the place of seizure.

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