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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-37

…5°, it shall be specified whether the judicial authority considers that, in accordance with Article 25(3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the European Public Prosecutor's Offi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation.

Article L7124-1

…the same 5°. This information also covers their financial obligations, pursuant to article L. 7124-25.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-1

…h of :1° The provisions relating to maximum working hours set out in articles L. 3121-18 to L. 3121-25 and the regulatory measures adopted for their application;2° The provisions relating to rest peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-9

…dico-social establishments, the provisions of articles R. 4623-1 to R. 4626-19, R. 4626-21, R. 4626-25 to D. 4626-32 are applicable. In the agricultural professions, the provisions of articles R. 717-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

…r after the containment system has been dismantled, under the conditions defined in article R. 1334-25. This level must be less than or equal to five fibres per litre. The organisation that takes the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-1

…uire immediate coffining in a simple coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in article R. 2213-25, and its closure; c) The list of transmissible infections for which, if they are suspected, an ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-1

…f Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the company's capital or voting rights, or by any other means exercises control over the comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-18

…buted as follows: 1° 40%, in proportion to the total developed surface area of school buildings; 2° 25%, in proportion to the total developed surface area of school buildings built before 1973; 3° 5%,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-1

…3 and the first paragraph of Article R. 3111-4 in the version resulting from Decree No. 2018-42 of 25 January 2018; 2° Article R. 3111-8 as amended by Decree no. 2019-137 of 26 February 2019. II.-For…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-26

By way of derogation from 2° of Article R. 5121-25, for the medicinal products mentioned in this article, the dossier attached to the marketing authorisation application is compiled under the followin…

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