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

Article D47-21

…e case to apply the provisions of Article 122-1 of the Penal Code. When an investigation is opened, and particularly in criminal cases, this is the psychiatric expertise ordered pursuant to the eighth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Transmission of information to the maternal and child protection service.

Article R2112-21

…ords, within forty-eight hours of the birth being declared, to the doctor in charge of the maternal and child protection service in the department in which the parents reside. They send this doctor a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.

Article R814-21

The amount of the contributions of registered judicial administrators and judicial representatives is set each year by the board of directors of the guarantee fund on the basis of the amount of funds…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Identification and lists of members of the profession of pharmacist.

Article D4221-21

…entioned in article L. 4222-7, the operations of registering their diplomas, certificates or titles and collecting or updating the information mentioned in the second paragraph are carried out, within…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 18: Application to army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre

Article R5121-217

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre shall be regarded as health establishments and a blood transfusion establishment respectivel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Rules governing the practice of the profession of optician-mutician

Article D4362-20

The optician carries out all the measurements required for the manufacture of optical equipment. These measurements can be taken remotely.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-20

In order to obtain the same number of representatives, on the one hand, of the trade union organisations and, on the other hand, of the professional organisations plus the representatives of the consu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-20

If the drawee, who has endorsed the bill of exchange with his acceptance, has crossed it out before the bill is returned, the acceptance is deemed to have been refused. In the absence of proof to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-20

…tailed rules for the application of the provisions of this chapter shall, unless otherwise provided and insofar as necessary, be the subject of decrees by the Conseil d'Etat.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R917-20

In the third paragraph of Article R. 713-12, the words "the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for overseeing chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words "the Minister o…

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