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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L596-1

…511-7La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août 2021 confortant le respect des principes de la RépubliqueL. 511-8 et L. 511-9L. 512-1 à L. 512-4L. 513-1 to L. 513-7In Title IIL. 520-1 and L. 520-2L. 521-1L. 521-3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3121-2-2

By way of derogation from 8° of Article L. 4211-1, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and their accessories intended to perform self-diagnostics, as defined in point 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-11

…ions made by the liberty and custody judge in application of articles L. 3211-12 and L. 3211-12-1 ; 8° The lifting of psychiatric care measures other than those mentioned in 7° ; 9° Deaths. This regis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-4

…nt at least one auditor and, when the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 823-1 are met, an alternate.The penalties provided for in Article L. 242-8 are applicable to the dir…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R153-2

…to the commanders of the territorial formation of the national gendarmerie based in the community; 8° In article R. 140-1, the references to articles R. 142-33 to R. 142-40 are deleted; 9° In article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Categories of beneficiaries.

Article L5212-13

…he beneficiaries mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-152-2

…e electronic signature of the registrar who drew them up, as defined by the décret n° 2017-1416 du 28 septembre 2017 relatif à la signature électronique; 4°They must be stored under conditions that pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R3

…sentative;7° The head of the general inspectorate of the national gendarmerie or his representative;8° The commander of the national gendarmerie schools or his representative.In the event of a tie, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-9

…een brought as well as sums that have already been paid to the claimant as reparation for the loss; 8° The amount of compensation claimed before the commission; 9° The address to which notifications m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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