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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-2

For the application by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge of the provisions of Article R. 53-37 providing for the statements of persons heard at several points in the territory t…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-18-2

…ailable to the public on the company's website within eight months of the end of the financial year and for a period of five years.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

…uplink to the satellite is not made from a station located in a Member State of the European Union and when the broadcast is made at the request of, on behalf of or under the control of a broadcastin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Levies

Article R512-24-2

The provisions of article R. 512-9-1 apply to samples taken as part of the checks provided for in Article L. 511-14 for samples falling within the scope of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 menti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Childcare facilities for children under the age of six.

Article L2324-2-1

The authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 2324-1 provides, at the request of the head of the establishment or service, for different reception capacities for different periods…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18-2

…ers who have completed training under the conditions defined by an order of the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Interior are authorised to perform the procedures mentioned in articles R.…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1-2

For the application of article L. 5121-10-1 to Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "without prejudice to the evaluation of the expected service by the Haute Autorité de santé pursuan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 226

…referred to it, the investigating chamber conducts an investigation; it hears the public prosecutor and the judicial police officer or agent in question. The latter must first have been given the oppo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 224

The investigating chamber exercises control over the activities of civil servants and military officers and agents of the judicial police, taken in this capacity.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the activities of officers and agents of the judicial police

Article 230

…ll apply to deputy criminal investigation officers, investigation assistants of the national police and the national gendarmerie, and to officials and agents entrusted with certain criminal investigat…

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