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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-21

…sponsible for the bathing water prepares, for public distribution, a summary document corresponding to the general description of the bathing water based on the bathing water profile. The person respo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-28

…person responsible for a bathing water shall take appropriate, realistic and proportionate measures to ensure that the bathing water is of at least "sufficient" quality, with a view to achieving "exce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-27

The sentence enforcement judge sets the main terms and conditions for the enforcement of custodial sentences or certain sentences restricting freedom by guiding and monitoring the conditions of their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-29

An individual file concerning each convicted offender monitored by this magistrate is kept at the registry of the sentence enforcement judge. This file includes copies of the documents from the procee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-28

…manent basis or for a specific session, so that they can be heard by the committee if necessary: 1° To members of the management staff, to a member of the commanding body, to a member of the superviso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession

Article R4113-25

…he departmental council or councils concerned. The authorisation is not transferable. It is limited to three years and may be renewed following a new application, but may be withdrawn at any time. It…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession

Article R4113-23

…practice, provided that it sends a prior declaration of the opening of a separate place of practice to the departmental council in whose area the planned activity is located, by any means that can be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession

Article R4113-24

…fessional residence. However, the company may be authorised by the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre to practise in one or more secondary practices if this is necessary to meet the needs of patients an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-24

Data relating to electors and their votes is processed in three separate, dedicated and isolated automated data processing operations, known respectively as the "elector file", the "candidate file" an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-25

The right to access and rectify data may be exercised by contacting the National Council of the Order concerned.

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