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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Harm reduction policy for drug users.

Article D3121-33-5

…duction support centres for drug users enter into an agreement with an addiction treatment, support and prevention centre or with a pharmacist holding a dispensary, relating to the supply of medicines…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Common areas

Article R1331-51

…sance to the immediate neighbourhood. Bins are put out or placed as far away as possible from doors and windows.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Common areas

Article R1331-50

The communal areas of an apartment building are accessible and maintained in a clean, functional and well-maintained condition.Each courtyard or small courtyard is accessible from a communal area and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-6

When using work equipment and personal protective equipment, self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site are subject to the following provisions: 1° Ge…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Duties of the agent

Article L2422-6

…s referred to in Article L. 2421-1, of all or some of the following: 1° Defining the administrative and technical conditions under which the work will be designed and executed; 2° Preparing, awarding…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-6

…ich is itself a member of the body shall be deemed to be members of the body. The public prosecutor and the works council are entitled to act for the same purposes. The report is sent to the applicant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the time of the incident, and that uses its articles of association to combat discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Where a felony or misdemeanour allegedly committed in the course of criminal proceedings or proceedings before a court involves the violation of a rule of procedure, public action may only be brought…

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

Article 63-9

…r responsible for being notified of police custody, monitoring its progress, ordering its extension and deciding on the outcome of the measure is the one under whose direction the investigation is bei…

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

Article 61-2

If the victim is confronted with a person heard under the conditions provided for in Article 61-1 for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a prison sentence, it may also ask to be assisted, in accor…

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