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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-7

Where a court orders the immediate release of a person whose pre-trial detention is unlawful due to non-compliance with the time limits or formalities provided for in this Code, it may, in the same de…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-74

The transfer of a people's savings plan from one management body to another does not constitute a withdrawal if the holder gives the body managing the people's savings plan an identification certifica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Continuing training

Article D1442-7

The total period of absence of an employee councillor for participation in one or more training courses in the establishments and bodies mentioned in article D. 1442-1 may not exceed two weeks in any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa - Brokerage of medicinal products

Article R5124-74

The declaration provided for in Article L. 5124-20 shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by the person carrying out the brokering activity or by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy.

Article R6152-79

…l capacity. Professional incompetence cannot be accepted in the cases mentioned in articles R. 6152-37 to R. 6152-41. It is distinct from misconduct of a disciplinary nature. A hospital practitioner w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-7

…he same discipline or to exercise significant influence over them, within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-17-2 of the French Commercial Code; 2° Being a director of more than one sports company whose cor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter X: Authorised bodies for the collection of private copy levies

Article R329-7

An organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 311-6, if it: 1° Proves, by any means, the professional qualifications of its managers and corporate officers by reaso…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within the company.

Article L3322-7

By way of derogation from article L. 3322-6, a group agreement may be concluded between the companies of the same group or only some of them. This agreement is concluded in one of the following ways:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-7

…o ensure the integrity of the site on which it publishes the information mentioned in article R. 1453-3, its security and the protection of directly identifying data only against indexing by external…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-72

…activity:2° To have :a) A paediatric intensive care unit authorised under 1° or 2° of article R. 6123-34-2 ;b) A medical unit specialising in cardiology ;c) A paediatric cardiology intensive care unit…

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