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Showing 121130 of 34507 articles for Art. 7 May 1998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-6

…are entitled to union training leave with pay for a maximum of 5 working days per year. This leave may only be granted to attend a training course or a session organised by one of the centres or inst…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-5

On presentation of their invitation, union representatives are granted leave of absence when they are called upon to sit on the Board of Governors or when they take part in working meetings convened b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-4

The representative trade union organisations designate the beneficiaries of the overall trade union time credit from among the staff employed by the public bodies mentioned in article 2 of the law of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article L621-7

A decision to surrender to the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union may be issued to foreign students and foreign researchers and their family members, admitted to reside in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71-1

…the first paragraph or who has not objected to it in the cases provided for in the second paragraph may not subsequently refuse it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-2

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-72, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuous evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio and transmission of new data

Article R5121-74-7

…ct, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may at any time request the holder of the marketing rights for the medicinal product which is the su…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-15

…splitting or suspension of sentences, conditional release or the conversion provided for in article 747-1. When the firm sentence handed down or remaining to be served is less than or equal to six mon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-16

By way of derogation from the provisions of article 723-15, in the event of an emergency motivated either by a risk of danger to persons or property established by the occurrence of a new fact, or by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-18

…person has to serve a remaining sentence that is less than or equal to the sentence reductions that may be granted, the sentence enforcement judge may grant this measure without the need for the perso…

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