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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4344-2

…nd by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-2

…gal entities may be held criminally liable for this offence under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4424-2

…tory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the following paragraph is added at the end of Article L. 4162-1: "The provisions of the first paragraph of this article shall apply to usurpation of the title o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance.

Article R243-2

The evidence provided for in Article L. 243-2 must be submitted to the authority competent to receive the declaration when the worksite is declared open. The evidence provided for in this article shal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2

I.-The risk management system referred to in Article L. 354-2 comprises the strategies, processes and information procedures needed to identify, measure, monitor, manage and report, on an ongoing basi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Consultative Commission

Article 434-2

…between the different readers is set by the committee secretariat.When at least two of the readers give a favourable opinion on the project, it is placed on the committee's agenda.The agenda for the m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L234-2

…the Conseil d'Etat, for explanations of the facts referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 234-1. The director must respond within fifteen days. The reply must be sent to the works council or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: ADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION

Article R742-2

…the foreign national who requests that his or her detention be terminated pursuant to article L. 742-8 by simple petition, under the conditions laid down in chapter III.The petition shall be sent by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3214-2

…artmental council, unless it has delegated its competence to the president, pursuant to article L. 3211-2, awards and withdraws grants maintained from departmental funds, on the reasoned advice of:1°…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-2

The application shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules applicable to ordinary written proceedings.

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