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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Units for difficult patients.

Article R3222-1

Units for difficult patients receive patients undergoing psychiatric care without consent in the form of full hospitalisation pursuant to Chapters III and IV of Title I of Book II of Part Three of thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-24

…mentioned in Article L. 1435-7 may, under the conditions laid down in Chapter I of Title II of Book IV of this Part, monitor the application of the provisions of Article L. 1333-22. They shall inform…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Relations between prisoners and the outside world

Article R57-8-7

…e supervision of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book III of the code pénitentiaire, in particular: 1° those of Chapter I, as regards visits; 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-11

…s, as well as those devolved to the overseas regional councils by the chapitre III du titre III du livre IV de la quatrième partie, à l'exception de celles relatives : 1° The construction and general…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

…d supervision of multi-professional legal, judicial and accountancy companies provided for in Title IV bis of Act no. 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Conditions for practising the profession of distiller

Article 311 bis

The profession of distiller may only be exercised in a fixed establishment. However, individual derogations may be granted by order of the authority designated by decree on a proposal from the adminis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: State services made available

Article D6344-1

…sultation committee referred to in Article LO 6345-3 comprises, in addition to the State representative and the President of the Territorial Council, eight members:1° Four members appointed by the Min…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-17

…y donor; 3° With regard to third party donors not subject to the provisions of Chapter III of Title IV of Book I of Part Two of the Legislative Part of the present Code at the time of the donation: a)…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-1

…irst paragraph of Article L. 321-10-3, which have met, as from 1 January 2012 and for three consecutive financial years, one of the following conditions:a) The annual collection of gross premiums or c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-12

…gametes stored are spermatozoa, the person concerned is informed that he or she may, at any time, give written consent for part of his or her gametes to be donated in accordance with Chapter IV of Ti…

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