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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 Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Response team

Article R4461-40

Teams carrying out work in a hyperbaric environment, as referred to in 2° of Article R. 4461-1, are made up of at least two people: 1° An operator working in a hyperbaric environment who holds a hyper…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-4

Registration takes place no later than three working days after the asylum application is submitted to the competent administrative authority, with no prior requirement for residence. However, this ti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-4

Mediation may be entrusted to a natural person or a legal entity. If the appointed mediator is a legal entity, its legal representative shall submit to the judge for approval the name of the natural p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 486-1

Where the application for interim relief relates to an investigative measure carried out by a technician or to an expert assessment measure, the defendant who has indicated, before the hearing, that h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-4

During the time limits for appeal and during the appeal proceedings, enforcement of the judgment on the public prosecution is stayed. However, the judgment of the Assize Court shall continue to have e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-41

An employee holding the authorisation referred to in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Measures to boost the promotion of cinematographic works abroad

Article 916-46

By way of derogation from article 211-32, the amount of the sums entered in the automatic account of production companies for commercial representation in cinemas for the year 2021 is equal to the ave…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency.

Article R162-4

Any person who has received counterfeit or falsified coins or banknotes that are legal tender in France and refuses to hand them over or have them handed over to the Banque de France or the public ins…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article R2315-42

The secretary of the social and economic committee shall reply by any means that provides a definite date of receipt within thirty days of receiving the information referred to in article R. 2315-41.…

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