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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-3

Each day concerned by the option mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-807-2 is compensated up to an amount set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health, the civil service and the budget. T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-3

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be notified of the appointment or reappointment of the natural persons mentioned in I and II of Article L. 612-23-1 within fifteen days…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Appeals against refusal of travel authorisations

Article R312-7-3

A person whose appeal has been rejected by the Deputy Director of Visas may apply to the Administrative Court to have this decision annulled within the time limits laid down in Articles R. 421-1 and R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-3

If adverse reactions observed in a blood donor or in a recipient are likely to be due to a product mentioned in II of article L. 5311-1 falling within the scope of another vigilance, a copy of the adv…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to commercial matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 38

The procedure applicable before the commercial chamber of the tribunal de grande instance or before the tribunal de grande instance ruling in commercial matters is that followed before the tribunal de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-3

I. - The insurance companies mentioned in 1° of article L. 310-1 of the present code as well as the provident institutions and unions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code infor…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345-0 bis

The fines, penalties and forfeitures in value provided for by the codes, laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing when they are handed down by a court are reco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-3

The request for authorisation specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit in which he or she will be called upon to perform them on his or her first posting.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Deletion of data from the file

Article R53-8-35

The department managing the file shall erase the data entered in it: a) On expiry of the periods provided for in 1° and 2° of Article 706-53-4; b) When informed of one of the decisions mentioned in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Doctor applying for authorisation to practice.

Article R4623-25-3

I.-A candidate for ministerial authorisation to practise as a doctor, in the speciality of occupational medicine, as provided for in I of article L. 4111-2 of the Public Health Code, who has passed th…

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