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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-14

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The composition and conditions of approval, financing, operation and a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-34-3

The training provided for in Article L. 225-30-2 and Article L. 225-23 ensures that directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and to directors elected by e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-2

The person in police custody may request that the lawyer be present at his or her hearings and confrontations. In this case, the first hearing, unless it relates solely to identity details, may not be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L5151-2

A personal activity account is opened for any person aged sixteen or over in one of the following situations: 1° A person in employment, including those holding a French employment contract and workin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R326-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 134-3, if it:1° Demonstrates, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-1

The medical electroradiology manipulator contributes, under the conditions defined in articles R. 4351-2 to R. 4351-3, to the performance of: 1° Examinations required to establish a diagnosis using io…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-3

When the trial court is seised pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 706-120 and article D. 47-37-2, its president shall order an expert report at least one month before the hearing in order to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies

Article L532-21-3

I.-The provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18 and of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18-1 as well as the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II are applicabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-1

Persons convicted of one of the offences mentioned in the article 706-47 may be subject to a treatment order imposed either at the time of their conviction, as part of a socio-judicial follow-up, in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on…

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