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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-72

…epartment within the meaning of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982, of a prevention assistant and, where applicable, a prevention adviser from among the centre's staff who come under the region'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-7

…y absent or whose employment contract has been suspended, or for a replacement carried out under 4° and 5° of Article L. 1242-2, the term of the contract initially set may be postponed until the day a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-7

…ies, their public bodies, the European Union or international organisations; 2° Proceeds from taxes and payments made on its behalf; 3° Proceeds from fees for services rendered; 4° Miscellaneous incom…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: BODIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY

Article L2124-7

In time of war, the municipal council of a commune or the deliberative body of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishment may be suspended by decree, for reasons of public order or general i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The decision of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-7

The panel of the Court of Revision and Review rejects the application if it considers it to be unfounded. If it considers the application to be well-founded, it shall set aside the conviction handed d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

Officers or agents of the judicial police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96

…p for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or confidential capacity, in private…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-97

…fy the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the measures were taken and the duration of the measures.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-4

…n subject to compliance with one or more obligations or prohibitions set out in the articles 132-44 and 132-45 of the Penal Code. The convicted person may also benefit from the assistance measures pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-2

…provisions of article 132-25 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement judge shall set the terms and conditions for the execution of the semi-liberty or work release by an order that is not subject…

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