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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

Crédit maritime mutuel is provided by four categories of credit institutions affiliated to the central body for savings banks and popular banks: 1. Regional caisses de crédit maritime mutuel ; 2. Unio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article R5213-64

…cess to employment for workers recognised as disabled, specifying : a) Data relating to the identification of the company and a description of its activities ; b) The arrangements for monitoring and s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-6

…ate of the border police or the general directorate of the national gendarmerie, for identity verification missions provided for by article 78-3 of the code of criminal procedure;4° Customs officers u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Professional inadequacy

Article R6156-69

When the national status committee is called upon to give an opinion on the professional inadequacy of a practitioner under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-80 or R. 6152-255, it sits with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-6

…ng hybrid group may, by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, be entered in the register of hybrid groups in the same group, unti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-6

…rdless of the matrimonial regime and independently of the rights he/she derives from the articles 756 to 757-3 and 764 to 766 of the Civil Code on the other assets of the estate, of the usufruct of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

If the person claimed lodges, within the legal time limit, an appeal in cassation against the decision of the Investigating Chamber granting his extradition, the President of the Criminal Division of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-84

…rty and custody judge shall take the necessary measures to monitor the measures ordered, where applicable as adapted. Where the recognition of the decision includes an adaptation of the measures or wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-6

…will return the woman's request to the doctor or midwife chosen by her and issue her with a certificate stating that they have complied with articles L. 2212-3 and L. 2212-5. The director of the heal…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-61

The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain final authorisation.If this period is not respected, the production company is obliged to…

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