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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-34

If it decides to apply 3° of II of the article 803-8, the sentence enforcement judge may order, after consulting the public prosecutor and the prison administration representative, one of the measures…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-39

A fonds commun de placement à risques : 1° May not hold more than 40% of the capital or voting rights of any single issuer. However, due to the exercise of exchange, subscription or conversion rights…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-66

The number of compensable hours that an industrial tribunal member may claim to have devoted to drafting the decisions and minutes referred to in f of 2° of Article R. 1423-55 may not exceed the perio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Right of the Board of Directors to impose sanctions - Suspension or reduction of funding

Article R2135-23

In the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2135-16, the Board of Directors may, by means of a resolution adopted in accordance with the procedures defined in the third paragraph of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-58

…eir derivatives other than those for which it is responsible and that it is obliged to return the remaining elements at the end of the service thus provided. The contracting parties may, however, agre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-7

I.-The Prefect submits a summary report drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and a reasoned draft order to the Departmental Council for the Environment and Health and Technol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-23

In the absence of candidates, the Minister of Justice may, in accordance with the conditions set out in Article R. 742-19, open a new deadline for the submission of applications. These are presented a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-48

I. - The rapporteur shall present his report at the meeting. The Director General of the Treasury and, where applicable, the Director of Social Security or their representatives may submit observation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Public health inspectors

Article R1421-14

Members of the medical public health inspectorate participate in the design, implementation, execution and evaluation of public health policy.In the regional health agencies, they monitor this policy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article R1434-2

The strategic policy framework, the regional health plan and the regional programme for access to prevention and care for the most disadvantaged people, which make up the regional health project, may…

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