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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article R322-9

Mention of the issue of the summons and the notices is made in the margin of the copy of the summons to pay for the seizure published in the real estate register within eight days of the last summons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-9

…a proposal from the Director General or, if the Chairman is unable to attend, by the Director General. When the Minister for Health, the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency or at least one third of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-9

…ject in terms of access to or return to employment, assessed for at least two promotions of holders and compared with the impact of professional certifications for similar or related occupations; 3° T…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-9

…th a view to recognising objects discovered during the visit. Where a person concerned by the visit and suspected of having committed a customs offence is the subject of a measure of constraint agains…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trade union representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2122-9

The following trade union organisations are representative at national and cross-industry level: 1° Meet the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 ; 2° Are representative in the branches of industry, construc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-9

A Committee on Ethics and the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest rules on compliance with the ethical principles applicable to the agency, its staff and occasional collaborators.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

…police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling within the provisions of article 226-3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96

…p for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or confidential capacity, in private…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-97

The decision authorising use of the device referred to in Article 706-96 includes all the information needed to identify the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Setting up the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2313-9

When justified by the nature and importance of problems common to companies on the same site or in the same area, an inter-company collective agreement concluded between the employers of the companies…

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