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

Article 40-4

When the victim wishes to act as a civil party and requests the appointment of a lawyer after having been informed of this right pursuant to 3° of Article 10-2, the public prosecutor, notified by the…

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

Article 41-4

…ised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the restitution of items placed in the hands of justice, the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor is competent to decide, ex officio o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The family council for adults under guardianship

Article 457

The judge may authorise the family council to meet and deliberate without him or her being present when the family council has appointed a judicial representative for the protection of adults as tutor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The family council for adults under guardianship

Article 456

…family council if the needs of the person's protection or the consistency of his assets justify it and if the composition of his family and entourage allows it. The judge appoints the members of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49-4

I.-Any marketing authorisation holder and any pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product in France shall build up a safety stock intended for the national market referred to in article L. 5…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-3 (art. R122-4)

This annex does not include any provisions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure.

Article R5141-47-4

In order to obtain a marketing authorisation in France and in at least one other Member State of the European Union, for a veterinary medicinal product which does not have any authorisation in the Eur…

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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 Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Health certification and assessment.

Article L1414-3-3

…s practising in health institutions, the Haute Autorité de santé is responsible for : 1° Collecting and analysing reports of events considered to involve medical risks from doctors or medical teams ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-4

The approved laboratories send the results of their analyses to the operator and to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who informs the Prefect as necessary.

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