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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-21

…nt judge who authorises the out-of-court sale sets the amount of the price below which the property may not be sold, taking into account the economic conditions of the market and, where applicable, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Worker monitoring and individual health monitoring

Article R4452-29

…ificial optical radiation, the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 inform the occupational physician without delay, who will inform the worker of the results con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-8

…s then informed of the measures and obligations to which he or she is subject pursuant to article 706-25-7 and of the penalties incurred in the event of failure to comply with these obligations. Where…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-22

If one of the full members is unable to carry out his duties for any reason whatsoever, he is replaced, for the remainder of his term of office, in the order in which he appears on the list, by the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-22

A medical regulation assistant may use his evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where he obtained it.In cases…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Article R1413-22

The Ethics Committee has seven members. These members are appointed for a term of four years by decision of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, after validation of the list of members by the Board…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Aptitude test

Article A212-217

The aptitude test to which the Prefect may decide to subject the declarant in whole or in part, under the conditions laid down in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93 , is intended to ve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-21

…data in the data processing is only used for the purposes mentioned in 1°, 2° and 4° of article R. 5134-18 by the employees of the administrations and bodies mentioned below, designated and authorised…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medico-technical committee.

Article D4622-29

…eir delegates elected on the basis of one full member and one alternate for every eight assistants; 6° Professionals recruited on the advice of occupational physicians or, where applicable, their elec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 297 B

Taxable resellers may request to apply the provisions of Article 297 A to supplies of works of art, collectors' items or antiques subsequent to an import, an intra-Community acquisition or a supply su…

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