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Showing 131140 of 66578 articles for Art. IV-al. 3 and 4

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Effects on French nationality of transfers of sovereignty relating to certain territories

Article 32-4

Former members of the Parliament of the Republic, the Assembly of the French Union and the Economic Council who have lost French nationality and acquired a foreign nationality by the effect of a gener…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316-4

Where the referral to the public prosecutor concerns a prenatal acknowledgement or an acknowledgement concomitant with the declaration of birth, the child's birth certificate shall be drawn up without…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Parental authority over the person of the child

Article 371-4

…e of this right.If it is in the child's interests, the family court judge shall determine the terms and conditions of relations between the child and a third party, whether a parent or not, in particu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3

…iminal provisions of the order where a decision has been taken on an application made by the victim and that it will allow the case to be the subject of an adversarial and public hearing before the cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure.

Article R5141-47-3

…t report on the medicinal product, accompanied by the summary of product characteristics, labelling and package leaflet, sent by the reference State, the Director General of the Agency has ninety days…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman of the hospital medical committee, vice-chairman of the hospital board

Article D6143-37-4

…hospital medical committee, who is vice-chairman of the hospital board, has the material, financial and human resources to carry out his duties and ensure that the hospital medical committee functions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Seasonal or occasional care establishments and services

Article R2324-49-3

…isure activities is subject to the authorisation provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2341-1, in accordance with the procedure defined in article R. 2324-10. The provisions of the previou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-3

…al different establishments within the same territorial hospital grouping mentioned in article L. 6132-1, within a care team or a territorial professional health community mentioned in articles L. 141…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-49-3

…Government Commissioner may simultaneously institute proceedings against the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 and articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the person authorised to manag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-49

When the penal composition has been validated or, in the case provided for by article R. 15-33-40-1, where the proposed measures have been accepted, the public prosecutor may appoint a delegate or med…

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