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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-11

When the consent provided for in article 342-10 is obtained, the female couple shall jointly acknowledge the child. Filiation is established, with regard to the woman giving birth, in accordance with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-11

Decisions of the Supervisory Board are taken by simple majority. Each member of the Supervisory Board has a number of votes depending on its total financial contribution to the guarantee fund and thos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-11

The Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board of the Union des entreprises et des salariés pour le logement verifies compliance with the accounting provisions applicable to the Fonds de garantie univer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-11

The public prosecutor shall forward to the competent authority of the executing State a certified copy of the sentencing decision or probation decision and the original or a copy of the certificate re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-11

For the application of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 622-10, the matter shall be referred to the court by petition or, where applicable, in the forms and according to the procedure pro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Selection of the feature film representing French cinema at the Oscars

Article A210-11

The feature film representing French cinema for the Foreign Language Film Oscar is selected by a committee made up of: 1° Two exporters; 2° Two producers; 3° Two directors; 4° A person qualified in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-117

The proprietary medicinal product for which parallel import authorisation is sought may differ from the proprietary medicinal product which has already obtained marketing authorisation in France, as r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-113

Insurance policies issued by mutual insurance companies reinsured with a union must contain, in clearly visible characters, the name and address of the union and reproduce the clause in the reinsuranc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-11

The consolidated balance sheet drawn up in accordance with a model laid down by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables shall be presented either in tabular form or in the form of a list. I…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-11

A decree specifies the rights and obligations of top-level sportsmen and sportswomen, elite sportsmen and sportswomen, national team sportsmen and sportswomen, and top-level sports referees and judges…

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