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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13-1

…hospital practitioner in occupational medicine under the conditions defined in articles R. 4626-12 and R. 4626-13. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 4623-4 and R. 4626-9 do not apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-1

…tion No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning safety features on the packaging of medi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary replacement

Article D6213-13-1

For the application of the provisions of article D. 6213-13 to army hospital interns and army hospital physician or pharmacist assistants, the authorisation or certificate, as the case may be, is issu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L937-13

…3 of Chapter III of Title II of Book VII, the following provisions are added: "I. - To the list of candidates declared elected, the committee provided for by Article L. 723-13 shall append a supplemen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-134

Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office decides not to exercise its jurisdiction, the public prosecutor hearing the investigation or the investigating judge hearing the information shall remain…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

…ssue an order refusing to relinquish jurisdiction, which shall be notified to the public prosecutor and the parties. Within five days of its notification, this order may be referred, at the request of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-133

Where the European Public Prosecutor personally conducts the investigation pursuant to Article 28(4) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation regarding…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

…in 6 of the said Article 34. The Public Prosecutor must then indicate, in the cases mentioned in 2 and 3 of the same Article 34, whether or not he agrees to take on the case within a maximum period o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-13

…nies whose shares are admitted, in whole or in part, to trading on a regulated market, shall attach and file with the Autorité des marchés financiers the half-yearly report provided for in the third p…

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