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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11-4

…r to allow the public prosecutor to notify the head of the prison in accordance with articles D. 77 and D. 158, the family court judge or the children's judge shall inform this magistrate of decisions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-4

The technical assistance is monitored and evaluated by a committee which draws up an annual activity report made available to the public in dematerialised form by the department.The committee includes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42-1

Notwithstanding article L. 2232-24 of the Labour Code, in companies not subject to the obligation to organise the elections provided for in Book III of Part Two of the same code, the agreements mentio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-4

The committee shall set out its operating procedures in its rules of procedure.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-4

If a third party becomes the holder of the opposed contract, the company must notify the opposing party within one month by registered letter or electronic registered letter with acknowledgement of re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-4

…of this article shall distribute them among the employees concerned in accordance with the contract and pay them into the beneficiaries' company savings plan under the conditions set out in the articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Additional dispensing of oral contraceptives by pharmacists

Article R5134-4-1

In order to allow contraceptive treatment to continue when all the contraceptives prescribed have been dispensed, the pharmacist may dispense, for a period not exceeding six months, the oral contracep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Additional dispensing of oral contraceptives by pharmacists

Article R5134-4-3

…ist must inform the woman concerned that this method of dispensing is non-renewable beyond 6 months and that she should consult a doctor or midwife if she intends to continue taking medicated contrace…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article LO2122-4-1

A municipal councillor who does not have French nationality may not be elected mayor or deputy mayor, nor may he or she hold office, even temporarily.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of doping prevention medical centres

Article D232-4-1

Approval is granted once the conditions defined in article D. 232-5 have been met. It specifies the territorial jurisdiction in which the doping prevention medical units operate. In each territorial j…

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