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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R50-51

Judicial authorities, as well as authorised judicial police officers, seized in the context of proceedings mentioned in 2° of Article 706-25-9 or notified in accordance with article R. 50-54, as well…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information about accidents at work

Article R4121-5

…lts in his death, the employer shall inform the Labour Inspectorate official responsible for the place where the accident occurred immediately and at the latest within twelve hours of the worker's dea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-55

…avel time. This accommodation may also be offered to pregnant women who, due to objective circumstances, in particular climatic or road traffic conditions, are more than forty-five minutes away from t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R4211-54

…carry out the activities mentioned in Article R. 4211-53 is sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by any means giving a date certain,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-5

The professional practice provided for in Article R. 421-1 (3°) results from the exercise on a principal basis of an activity of study, advice, assistance or representation in matters of industrial pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Bankruptcy.

Article L654-5

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in articles L. 654-3 and L. 654-4 shall also incur the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Non-medical temporary accommodation benefit

Article R6111-50

…from a practitioner practising within the establishment, a temporary non-medical accommodation service, before or after a hospital stay or a treatment session. Any healthcare establishment planning to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4221-15-5

…to practise may not resume his activity without having provided proof to the competent regional or central council that he has fulfilled the training obligations laid down by the decision. In this ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…raph of article R. 144-13 ; 2° Organising consultations with members; 3° Providing secretarial services and financing for each supervisory committee and the general meeting of members. The association…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50

…functions ; 2° Avoid significant negative effects on financial stability; and 3° Protect the resources of the State by reducing as far as possible recourse to exceptional public financial aid; 4° Pro…

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