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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-7

For each person subject to registration in the file, the following personal data is recorded: 1° Information relating to the person him/herself:-last name, first name, sex, date and place of birth of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R69

…Code, 702-1,775-1and 777-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the clerk of the court that ruled; 9° For decisions referred to in Article 768 5°, by the clerk of the court that made the decision aft…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-8

The professional trade unions of employees or employers and their associations, and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meaning of arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article R4332-17

I. - For the application of Article L. 4332-9: 1° The population taken into account is the municipal population of the region, as it results from the legal population census authenticated by decree on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to carry out certain blood sampling procedures

Article R4352-13

In medical biology laboratories, with a view to carrying out the analytical and post-analytical phases of medical biology examinations and on medical prescription or on the prescription of a nurse pra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-9

…f the Council of 8 June 2011;8° The intermediaries in various goods mentioned in Article L. 551-1 ; 9° Persons authorised to carry out canvassing as referred to in Articles L. 341-3 and L. 341-4; 10°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO ENTRY INTO FRANCE

Article L821-1

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €3,750 for a foreign national to enter mainland France:1° Without fulfilling the conditions mentioned in points a, b or c of paragraph 1 of Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special requirements

Article R4544-6

In the case of work carried out in the vicinity of live bare active parts in the HTA or HTB fields mentioned in 3° and 4° ofarticle R. 4226-2, permanent supervision is ensured by an authorised person,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-30

…s capital expenditure/real operating revenue 8° Gross capital expenditure/actual operating revenue; 9° Outstanding debt/real operating revenue; > Gross savings/real operating revenue 10° Gross savings…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-10

If the employer is unable to offer another job to the employee working at night, it shall inform her in writing, and the occupational physician, of the reasons for not doing so.The employee's employme…

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