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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-3

…ving that the premises on which the pharmacy is to be set up are freely available; c) Except in the case of the creation of a pharmacy, a copy of the deed of transfer of all or part of the pharmacy fr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11-1

With the authorisation of the public prosecutor or examining magistrate, as the case may be, elements of ongoing legal proceedings may be communicated to authorities or bodies authorised for this purp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…e the perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion of data recorded in the processing, unless the public prosecutor or magi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-14

…ntervention around detections and prospecting, treatment and work around places frequented by human cases, which may be entrusted to the public or private organisations mentioned in articles R. 3114-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-19

The case shall be referred to the First President or his delegate by a reasoned statement of appeal sent by any means to the registry of the Court of Appeal. The statement shall be recorded, stating t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 369

…er, the court may : a) Release the offenders from confiscation of the means of transport, except in cases where the acts of smuggling or the like have been committed by concealment in specially prepar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2631-1

…Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon which concern in particular its establishments located in Wallis and Futuna are n…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R542-2

For the application of articles R. 521-1, R. 522-1, R. 523-1, R. 524-1 and R. 525-2 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the references to the director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Incentives, profit-sharing and employee savings schemes.

Article L3431-1

…France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-8

…ions set out in article R. 2336-7 accruing to the communes of the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and to the territorial constituencies of the Wallis and Futuna Islands shall be d…

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