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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Postal voting

Article R2122-75

As soon as they arrive, postal voting envelopes are handed over by the service provider responsible for postal delivery, acting on behalf of the Minister for Employment, to the processing centre refer…

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

Article R53-11

I.-The recorded data mentioned in Article R. 53-10, which specify the DNA segments identified, are accompanied by the following information: 1° The number of the proceedings in the context of which re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-68

…ectronic Communications Code, as well as the legal entities providing services mentioned in the loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique; 2° Financial, banking and c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guiana

Article D7124-30

…icle 1 of decree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7226-30

…icle 1 of decree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R64

The director of the national institute of statistics and economic studies shall communicate to the automated national criminal records department the surnames, forenames, dates and places of birth and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux.

Article D2573-58

Articles R. 2334-19 and R. 2334-22 to R. 2334-31 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the provisions of articles R. 2573-53 to R. 2573-55.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-10

For the application of article R. 3115-53 in Wallis and Futuna, the words: "of article L. 522-1 of the Environment Code" are replaced by the words: "of locally applicable regulations on the marketing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…S AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1611-1 and L. 1611-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-2-1 the loi n° 2011-1978 du 28 décembre 2011 L. 1611-3 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-3-1 the loi n°…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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