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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-118

During the procedure provided for in Article 696-114, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor shall perform acts and take decisions in matters :

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-6

An employee whose ascendant, descendant, brother, sister or person sharing the same home is suffering from a life-threatening illness or is in the advanced or terminal stages of a serious and incurabl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-64

…ion of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle, if the person concerned has not ceased to carry on business therein within three months. The registrar referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-6

…them. This person will be consulted in the event that they are unable to express their wishes and receive the necessary information. This person will give an account of the person's wishes. His or her…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-123

…ean Public Prosecutor is also competent to take decisions relating to the arrangements for the enforcement of pre-trial detention or the exercise of rights by a person remanded in custody pursuant to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6224-6

…L. 6222-5 do not apply to medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence. Medical biology laboratories in army hospitals providing services reimbursable by social securit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-6

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts where rights are expressed in units of account mentioned in 6° or 7° of article R. 131-1, the sum paid according to the contractual provisions is equal t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1222-6

…Board of Directors sets the general guidelines for the institution's policy, in particular those concerning the deployment of the institution's activities, the promotion of donations and medical and r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-29-6

…uation of the catchment area, the reasons that led to the suspension of the retail authorisation procedure so justify, the prefect may extend this suspension for a further period of up to one year, by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article D113-6

…paid by local authorities or their groupings to a company mentioned in article L. 122-1 in performance of service provision contracts, or any agreement whose purpose does not fall within the scope of…

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