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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29-1

…operty designated in the commission is located.The following may not be approved as private rangers:1° Persons whose behaviour is incompatible with the performance of these duties, in particular if th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-12

…be calculated. Price increases are only possible if they are the direct consequence of a change in: 1° The price of passenger transport resulting from the cost of fuel or other energy sources; 2° The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Primary care general practitioners and primary or secondary care specialists.

Article L4130-1

The tasks of the primary care general practitioner include the following: 1° Contribute to ambulatory healthcare provision, by ensuring the prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-13

…of the same gender as the member they are deputising for. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs 1° When the number of nurses of the same sex registered on the roll of the Association and fulfillin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI : Waiver of payment and rebate in the event of death as a result of an act of terrorism, participation in an external or internal security operation or in circumstances leading to a citation in the Order of the Nation

Article 1691 ter

…anted to heirs and, where applicable, to cohabitants liable for payment of the persons mentioned in 1° to 2° ter and 7° to 10° of I of l'article 796 :1°(Repealed);2° For income tax, a discharge of pay…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 800-1

The costs of criminal, correctional and police justice shall be borne by the State and without recourse against the convicted person or the civil party, subject to the cases provided for in the last t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-17

…operate, submitted in application of article L. 1322-1. The application file includes in particular 1° In the case of an application for a declaration of public interest, the reasons for the applicati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-172

…red to in Article L. 1333-8, is required to have the rules that have been put in place in terms of :1° Collective protection, taking into account the applicable requirements under its regime;2° Manage…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-115

As stated in Article R. 234-7 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which reads as follows: "The administration of veterinary medicinal products mentioned in article D. 234-6 to animals of sp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the e…

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