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Showing 61716180 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-1

…is not the subject in France of either the marketing authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8 or an application under examination for such authorisation, the Agence nationale de sécurité du mé…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-55

…23 and 131-24,132-55 of the Penal Code, R. 623-11 to R. 623-23 of the Penitentiary Code and L. 412-8 (5°) of the Social Security Code shall apply to the performance of the work provided for by 6° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Arrangements for placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article R61-11

…es or a master's degree in psychology, other than those designated under 4° and 5° of Article R. 61-8.The conclusions of this examination are notified by registered letter to the sentenced person and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-21

In accordance with the provisions of articles 141-3 and 142-8, when pre-trial detention is ordered following the revocation of house arrest with electronic surveillance against a person previously pla…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-13

…at his order is made subject to the condition precedent that the device provided for in article 723-8 and that the person's release is subject to the fitting of the bracelet containing a transmitter p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-10

…n is compensated directly under the conditions set out in this article. For each hour spent between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. performing their duties as advisors, employee advisors paid solely on commission w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application to the Ministry of Defence

Article R1243-67

…isions of this section apply to the Ministry of Defence establishments mentioned in Article L. 1245-8. For their application, army hospitals are considered to be health establishments. For these hospi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-10

…nto service within five years of the date of notification of the order mentioned in article R. 1322-8 or if operation has been interrupted for more than five consecutive years, the authorisation to op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-127

…of their useful life.The characteristics of high activity sealed sources are defined in appendix 13-8 of this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R631-7-1-A

…itors. It is mentioned in the registers provided for in the first four paragraphs of article R. 621-8.

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