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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-9

At its first meeting, the Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy elects its chair.It draws up and approves its rules of procedure.It issues an opinion on :1° The territorial health project ;2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6-1

Dispensing chemists may supply shipping companies operating ships with medicines listed on the medical supplies provided for in the regulations annexed to the decree of 23 November 1987 relating to sh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 154

The investigative measures are carried out, on the initiative of the judge or one of the parties according to the rules specific to each matter, on the basis of an extract or a certified copy of the j…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 34

Jurisdiction by reason of the amount of the claim as well as the rate of jurisdiction below which the appeal is not open are determined by the rules specific to each court and by the provisions below.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 262

The divorce agreement or judgment may be relied on as against third parties, as regards the property of the spouses, from the day on which the formalities of mention in the margin prescribed by the ru…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-6

An emancipated minor is capable, like an adult, of all acts of civil life. He must nevertheless, in order to marry or give himself up for adoption, observe the same rules as if he were not emancipated…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Property in relation to those who own it

Article 537

Private individuals have free disposal of the property belonging to them, subject to the modifications established by the laws. Property that does not belong to private individuals is administered and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 300

If the defendants do not agree to challenge, the lot settles among themselves the rank in which they make the challenges. In this case, jurors challenged by one, and in that order, are challenged by a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article L122-13

Articles L. 1522-1 and L. 1525-1 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales set out the rules governing majority shareholdings by local authorities and their groupings in the capital of semi-…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of customs offices.

Article 46

1. Customs formalities can only be completed at customs offices. 2. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by order of the Director General of Customs and Excise.

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