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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-6

…s from the pronouncement of the decision provided for in the same Article 706-25-4, of a period of :1° Twenty years in the case of an adult;2° Ten years in the case of a minor.When they concern an off…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-20

…Executive Council of Corsica to the Assembly of Corsica, includes the following information on budgetary matters: 1° The budgetary guidelines envisaged by the Corsican regional authority relating to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-2-1

…rt of the tasks entrusted to mayors as agents of the State, the municipalities are responsible for: 1° Receiving and entering applications for national identity cards and passports and issuing these d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1-2

…question, a medicinal product may only be prescribed in a manner that does not comply with its marketing authorisation if there is no appropriate medicinal product alternative with a marketing author…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-19

…ending and adapting various provisions relating to social affairs to the department of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-90-1

…holder, and without being subject to the cancer treatment authorisation, these establishments may: 1° Apply systemic cancer drug treatments decided upon and first prescribed by the authorisation hold…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

An employee employed by a public entity that does not pay the contribution mentioned in article L. 6331-1 may use his personal training account in application of article 22 ter of law no. 83-634 of 13…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R3123-19-2

Within the limit of the maximum amount set in application of 3° of article R. 1621-7 of the present code, the member of the departmental council acquires his or her individual training rights recorded…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R4135-19-2

Within the limit of the maximum amount set in application of 3° of article R. 1621-7 of the present code, the member of the regional council acquires his individual training rights recorded in euros e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-10

The recruitment of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-14-1 on an open-ended contract is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, the…

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