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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-10

This subtitle shall also apply, where French criminal law is applicable, to crimes of torture within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Tr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R3133-21

If the request for payment does not include all the documents and information required by law or by the concession contract, or if these are incorrect or inconsistent, the contracting authority may in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-3

…gal action to claim the balance, unless he fails to serve the order and proceeds under the ordinary law.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 11

…rdianship court takes jurisdiction ex officio to organise guardianship in the cases provided for by law, as well as to take any protective measures in matters of legal administration, inheritance and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Classification of liens

Article 2332-2

…the exception of the preferential claim of the Treasury, the ranking of which is determined by the laws concerning it, and the preferential claim of social security funds, which comes in the same ran…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative

Article L7122-28

…te in the territorial collectivity shall be responsible for national interests, compliance with the law and, under the conditions laid down by this code, administrative control.Under the conditions la…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Costs of implementing secret cryptology agreements

Article R208

…ion, at the request of the judicial authorities under the conditions set out in II of Article 28 of Law no. 90-1170 of 29 December 1990 on the regulation of telecommunications, secret agreements for c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-12

…e nurse or midwife, who may be assisted by one or more nurses or midwives. Within the limits of the laws and regulations in force, trainee nurses or midwives may be authorised. The nurses and midwives…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4226-4

…he provisions of this chapter do not apply to the distribution of electrical energy governed by the law of 15 June 1906 on the distribution of energy. In the case of electrical traction installations,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-206

All dentists are bound by professional secrecy, unless otherwise provided by law. Confidentiality covers everything that comes to the knowledge of the dental surgeon in the exercise of his profession,…

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