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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-3

I. - Any professional in one of the categories in article R. 1110-2 wishing to exchange information relating to a person receiving care, under the terms of II of article L. 1110-4, with a professional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-3

The file referred to in article L. 123-33 and sent to the single body includes the following: 1° All the information provided by the registrant; 2° Where applicable, the applications for authorisation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-3

Time off used in application of articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial police officers carrying out their duties in vehicles used for the collective transport of passengers

Article R15-31

Judicial police officers and agents assigned to the Paris and Versailles regional judicial police directorates are competent to carry out their duties on all public transport lines, stations, stops an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial police officers carrying out their duties in vehicles used for the collective transport of passengers

Article R15-30

Officers and agents of the judicial police belonging to departmental security services, public security divisions, territorial judicial police services or the territorial public security services of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities.

Article R424-3

The implied decision referred to in 1° of article R. * 424-2 is given three months from the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° is given one month.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-3

To be authorised to take tissue samples for therapeutic purposes from a deceased person, health establishments must : 1° Demonstrate that their organisation and operating conditions are such that retr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-3

The relationship between the distributor and the issuer of personalised support vouchers is governed by a contract. This contract specifies the terms and conditions for ordering personalised support v…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Reductions in sentence provided for by article 721

Article D116-3

Where a convicted person has to serve several custodial sentences covered by separate sentence reduction schemes, the strictest scheme shall apply as long as one or more of the sentences being served…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article D150-3

When a person must serve several custodial sentences, the rules specific to persons convicted of one or more offences defined in Chapter I of Title II of Book IV of the Criminal Code relating to the c…

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