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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-36

The reception area provided for in Article D. 6322-33 includes a reception, a secretariat, one or more medical consultation desks and a waiting room.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-39

The hospital premises also include a nursing room on each floor.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R363-3

For the application of this book to Saint-Martin:1° References to the departmental council are replaced by references to the territorial council of Saint-Martin;2° References to the prefect are replac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-33-29-3

…s of the City of Paris in charge of a police force, may, pursuant to the provisions of the articles L. 2212-5, L. 2213-18, L. 2512-16-1 and L. 2512-16 du code général des collectivités territoriales,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379

…so has a legal mortgage on the buildings of taxpayers, under the conditions set out in I of article L. 269 of the Book of Tax Procedures.3. The notice of assessment shall be mortgaged in the same way…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 309

…revoked (2). (1) Annex IV, art. 51. (2) As regards control, see Livre des procédures fiscales, art. L. 29.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Certificates of French nationality

Article 31-1

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts or local chambers competent to issue certificates of nationality shall be determined by decree.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Certificates of French nationality

Article 31-2

The certificate of nationality indicates, with reference to Chapters II, III, IV and VII of this Title, the legal provision by virtue of which the person concerned has the status of French national, a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 363-1

The provisions of Article 363 are applicable to a child who has been the subject of an adoption duly granted abroad having in France the effects of a simple adoption, where the adopted person's birth…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 376-1

When a family court is called upon to rule on the terms and conditions of the exercise of parental authority or on the upbringing of a minor child, or when it decides to entrust the child to a third p…

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