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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…arances ; 6° Article R. 4462-20-Distance of workstations from exits or shelters; 7° Article R. 4462-21-Reachability by one or more external staircases or by equivalent devices of buildings where pyrot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

The work permit provided for in Article R. 5221-1 is waived for: 1° Nationals of the Member States of the European Union, the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-8

…en duly notified by the French Anti-Doping Agency of the information provided for in article L. 232-21-1 or by any other organisation that is a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code of a presumed vi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…ions with a view to establishing a prenatal diagnosis in disregard of the provisions of Article L. 6211-5 or of medical biology examinations constituting an examination of the genetic characteristics…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

…be taken from missing persons who are the subject of searches under Article 26 of Law No. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming and whose death is presumed, collected in places…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-1

…ticle, without prejudice to the provisions laid down in I of the article 6 de la loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique; 6° Toute personne diffusant une publicité…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-11

…tural disaster, or a person who is the subject of a search under the article 26 of law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming and whose death is presumed, samples intended to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-8

…incapacity resulting ipso jure from the conviction, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 132-21 of the Criminal Code, or the exclusion of the mention of the conviction from bulletin no. 2 or no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…iations governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or by articles 21 to 79 of the local civil code applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle an…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Penalties and precautionary measures

Article L211-23

…of 15,000 euros to:-engaging in or assisting in any of the transactions referred to in articles L. 211-1 and L. 211-4 without complying with or having ceased to comply with the conditions set out in…

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