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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-4

The approved laboratories send the results of their analyses to the operator and to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who informs the Prefect as necessary.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…tion 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to duly justified requests for bank account information submitted on a case-by-case basis by Europol…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-4

…1111-1, L. 1111-3, L. 1111-4 and L. 1111-5 of the French Public Procurement Code; 2° Economic operators, candidates and tenderers are defined respectively i n accordance with Articles L. 1220-1, L. 1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

…thout being incapable of acting himself, needs, for one of the reasons provided for in Article 425, to be assisted or controlled in a continuous manner in the important acts of civil life may be place…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-5-1

…der the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, appoint public servants from the territorial collectivity to represent it in France's diplomatic missions.These regions offer the public s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-3-1

…der. On a proposal from its President, the Regional Council may ask the authorities of the Republic to authorise its President to negotiate and sign any instrument tending towards this membership and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-8-4-1

…icle 529-6, a payment notice including a payment card as well as a protest card is sent by the operator to the holder of the registration certificate. For offences recorded following the use of a toll…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may impose on a Class 2 investment firm an additional capital requirement in excess of the minimum amount provided for by the applicable regulation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 407

…e civil party or the witness does not sufficiently speak the French language, or if it is necessary to translate a document submitted to the debates, the president shall appoint an interpreter ex offi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 412

If the summons has not been delivered to the person of the accused, and if it has not been established that he was aware of the summons, the decision, in the event of the accused's failure to appear,…

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