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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-12

…hin one month of publication of the appointment order referred to in articles L. 1441-1 and L. 1441-26.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Medical biology

Article L6433-1

…19 May 2023 on improving access to care by trusting healthcare professionals and Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D24

…in principle, chosen from the lists of experts drawn up pursuant to Article 157 and the articles R. 26 to R. 40 of the code of criminal procedure. The examining magistrate may also, by reasoned decisi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-14

…ng them to close to the public, provided that they can demonstrate an average activity of more than 26 cinema weeks per year during the reference period;2° New cinemas, provided that they can demonstr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-2

…rom the application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, under the conditions laid down in Article 4 thereof.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Prevention of health risk factors

Article L1528-1

…2 and L. 1172-1 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R441-7

…t-Miquelon, the words: "under Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-16

…the approval of the accounting officer under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies and by the accounting and financia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-18

…uity designed to mitigate the constraints of insularity and under the conditions of article L. 4425-26, the terms and conditions for organising sea and air transport between the island and any destina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article L4424-27

…he Executive Council implements these deliberations under the conditions set out in article L. 4422-26.

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