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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Court fees

Article R130

When children under the age of sixteen called as witnesses under the conditions provided for in the preceding article are accompanied by a person under whose authority they are or, by his or her deleg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L8323-1-2

For the application of article L. 8271-6-4 in Mayotte, the following words are inserted after the words: "articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code," the words: "article 22 of order n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-13

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine shall take all necessary measures to guarantee the security and confidentiality of all nominative information contained in the register, in accorda…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D124

Any failure by a sentenced person placed under electronic surveillance or outside an establishment by virtue of one of the authorisations provided for in Articles 723 and 723-3, the disciplinary rules…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-7

The Technical Section is made up of eight members chosen from the categories defined in 5° of I of article L. 1412-2 and four members chosen from the categories defined in 2°, 3°, 4° and 6° of I of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-15

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine shall authorise the import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes, after obtaining the opinion of the Steering Committee. This au…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article R814-41-1

The provisions of this subsection apply to the persons mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 with the exception of articles R. 814-38 and R. 814-41, including where they have been authorised to continu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and obligations of jobseekers

Article R5524-1

For the application of article R. 5411-6 to Mayotte, the words: "under 2° and 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "under article 20-8-1 of order no. 96-1122…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Application for approval

Article R7232-2

The application for authorisation must state : 1° The address and company name of the legal entity or the name of the sole trader ; 2° The address of the principal establishment of the legal entity or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products

Article R5431-2

The making available on the market, by a distributor as defined in e of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on co…

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