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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-46-3

Subject to the definition provided by each federation mentioned in 3° of article L. 230-2, the competition period begins at 11.59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is due to ta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-3

Companies subject to State supervision under article L. 310-1 which provide legal expenses insurance opt for one of the following management methods:-members of staff responsible for managing claims i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-2-3

The provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary protection conferred by a patent and Regulation (EU) No 1260…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-30

A recourse action may be brought by the professional who provided the digital content or digital service, against any person upstream in the chain of commercial transactions, in accordance with the pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-31

The provisions of this section shall also apply to contracts concluded between a professional and a non-professional.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Public policy provisions

Article L224-25-32

The provisions of this section are of public order.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-3

I.-The regional hospital grouping may be authorised by the director general of the regional health agency to set up a unified grouping medical commission in place of the grouping medical commission an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459-2

The protected person chooses the place of his residence. He freely maintains personal relations with any third party, whether a relative or not. He/she has the right to be visited and, where appropria…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care", 2°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care" and 3°: "derogatory multi-purpose paediatric intensive care".

Article D6124-33-4

The non-medical team in the paediatric intensive care unit comprises at least :1° Two state-qualified nurses per five open beds. The team includes at least one state-qualified nursery nurse out of fou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-2

The reprocessing of single-use devices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, their placing on the market and their use ar…

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