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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Appeal procedures

Article L342-13

…he first president of the court of appeal or his delegate to declare his appeal suspensive. In this case, the appeal, together with the request, must be lodged within ten hours of notification of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-14

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special rules

Article 1348-1

…of related debts on the sole ground that one of the obligations would not be liquid or due.In this case, the set-off is deemed to have occurred on the day on which the first of them became due.In the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-13

In a société d'exercice libéral de médecins, the direct or indirect holding of shares representing all or part of the share capital not held by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph or in 1° to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-13

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-6 to L. 1123-8 and L. 1123-13 and those adopted for their application, the investigators and persons called upon to collaborate in the trials are bound by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-13

…awyer for the minor or the minor's parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or their reproduction to the minor or to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2322-13

…2212-3 to L. 2212-5 ; 2° The document showing the consents provided for in article L. 2212-7 in the case of an unmarried minor. They must keep the medical certificates provided for in article L. 2213-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-138

…2° Rules relating to the thermal environment, cold and bad weather provided for in articles R. 4223-13 and R. 4223-15 ; 3° Rules relating to the safety of workplaces provided for in R. 4224-2 to R. 42…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Nuclear medicine activities

Article R6123-135

The nuclear medicine authorisation includes one of the following entries: 1° "A" entry, when the activity includes diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, excluding cancer therapy, performed by administ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-13

…parties in respect of the offences provided for in the code pénal and articles L. 215-11 and L. 215-13 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code) punishing abandonment…

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