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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities

Article D5211-4

…ce;3° The specialised placement organisations that support the disabled person in his or her access to employment;4° The Commission for the Rights and Independence of Disabled People;5° The organisati…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions and effects of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-4

Collective management organisations are obliged to accept the management of rights under the conditions provided for in Article L. 322-3 whenever such management falls within their field of activity.…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-40

…1413-6, L. 1413-7 and L. 1413-8 is essential for the members of the national public health network to carry out their mission to support the National Public Health Agency as provided for in 1° of Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-41

The Agency shall make available to the Minister for Labour and the other Ministers responsible for occupational risk prevention, as well as to the Advisory Council on Working Conditions, the informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for the Paramedical Professions.

Article D4381-4

…ical Professions meets at least twice a year when convened by its chairman. A meeting is convened automatically when requested by the Minister for Health or by one third of the members of the High Cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Live performance promoters established in France

Article R7122-4

In the case of an initial declaration, the declarant may engage in the activity of live performance entrepreneur at the end of the one-month period mentioned in article R. 7122-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-40

…e course of executing the investigation decision, the investigating magistrate deems it appropriate to initiate investigative measures not initially planned or which could not be specified when the Eu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-42

…zed and any other evidence gathered in execution of the investigation decision shall be handed over to the issuing authority as soon as possible. The magistrate hearing the case may decide to suspend…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-41

Where measures executed on national territory pursuant to a European Investigation Order could, if they had been executed in the context of a national procedure, have been the subject of a challenge,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-43

Where the European investigation decision relates to an infringement of taxes or duties, customs and exchange, its recognition may not be refused on the grounds that French law does not impose the sam…

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