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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-54

…laced under the control of a magistrate, is intended to centralise genetic fingerprints from biological traces as well as the genetic fingerprints of persons convicted of one of the offences mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-5

In addition to the Prefect or his representative and the President of the Mayotte Departmental Council, the Regional Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance Committee is made up of members appoin…

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

Article R6111-58

The accommodation referred to in this section is not medicalised. No care may be provided in this accommodation, subject to articles L. 6316-1 to L. 6316-2 and emergency care provided in accordance wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Method for setting tariffs

Article R444-5

…ce with the procedures laid down in articles R. 444-6 and R. 444-7, on the basis of the data communicated by the national professional bodies pursuant to articles R. 444-18 to R. 444-21.They ensure a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 113

The judge may appoint one or more parents or relatives, or, where applicable, any other persons to represent the person presumed absent in the exercise of his rights or in any act in which he may be i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-5

…reasons on which it is based. It is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt: 1° To the employer; 2° To the employee; 3° To the trade union organisation concerned in the case of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-1

…oods or the provision of services on a professional basis, by electronic means, shall make the applicable contractual stipulations available in a manner that allows them to be preserved and reproduced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: In the event of a deadline for voluntary departure

Article L614-5

When the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory taken pursuant to 1°, 2° or 4° of article L. 611-1 is accompanied by a deadline for voluntary departure, the matter may be referred t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-5

Companies governed by this chapter may form unions between themselves with the same objects as those defined in Article L. 124-1. These unions must comply with the same rules for their formation and o…

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