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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryonic stem cell research.

Article R2151-12-3

If the Director General of the Agency does not object within two months of the date on which the application is complete, the research protocol may begin. The Agency's Steering Committee is consulted…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-3

…he authorities of non-EU Member States exercising powers similar to its own, subject to reciprocity and on condition that the authority concerned is subject to professional secrecy with the same guara…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 352

If the parents have requested the return of the child whose filiation has been established, the child may not be placed until a ruling has been given on the merits of this request at the request of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Placement with a view to adoption

Article 351

Placement with a view to adoption concerns wards of the state or children judicially declared abandoned. In the case of full adoption, it also concerns children for whom adoption has been validly and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-3

…fice français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons) decides, after a single investigation, whether to recognise refugee status or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-2

The legal administrator may not, even with authorisation:1° Alienate the property or rights of the minor free of charge;2° Acquire from a third party a right or claim against the minor;3° Exercise tra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

…tered, which he forwards to the judge. The judge rules on the conformity of the account.If the size and composition of the minor's assets justify it, the judge may decide that the verification and app…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-4

In the course of its supervision under Articles 387-1 and 387-3, the judge may ask the legal administrator for an inventory of the minor's assets to be sent to him or her, as well as an updated invent…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-6

The legal administrator is required to comply with the summonses of the guardianship judge and the public prosecutor and to provide them with any information they require.The judge may issue injunctio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3

…the duration of unpaid work may not exceed thirty hours, within a maximum period of three months, and the duration of the ban on issuing cheques may also not exceed three months. The measures provid…

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