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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General measures and implementing provisions.

Article L4411-2

Decrees in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the employers' and employees' professional organisations concerned, shall determine the measures for implementing this chapter and may,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Grading and promotion

Article L818

Advancement to a higher step may be granted by the appointing authority, after consulting the Joint Committee, to staff members who have been awarded a mark higher than the average mark obtained by st…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-1

Notice is given to the heads of the police or gendarmerie services of the place of residence of the person under investigation of any orders subjecting the latter to one of the obligations provided fo…

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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 R53-8-29

After requesting the public prosecutor's written submissions, the liberty and custody judge makes a reasoned decision within two months. This period is extended to four months if an expert opinion is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D40-1

The notice of the end of information sent to the parties pursuant to I of Article 175 shall include a statement informing them of their right to request, if they have not already done so, and in accor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan

Article D1233-14-3

In the event of a decision to refuse validation or homologation, the social and economic committee is consulted prior to the new application on the collective agreement or unilateral document after th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative appeal

Article R1253-13

The appeal provided for in Article R. 1253-12 shall be lodged within one month of notification of the disputed decision. The decision shall be notified to the applicant by registered letter with ackno…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-5

Each year, health establishments authorised to carry out tissue retrieval send the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Director General of the Biomedicine Agency the information req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of toxicovigilance

Article R1340-4

The bodies responsible for toxicovigilance include the poison control centres mentioned in article L. 6141-4 and the health establishments on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for Health on a p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-13

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 628-1, the notice of the opening judgment sent for insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a legal…

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