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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article R57-10

…ment judge in application of the provisions of articles 138 and 723-7 of this code and articles 132-25 and 132-26 of the Criminal Code shall be carried out under the conditions laid down by the provis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-10

…in air; 8° A regional academic delegate for youth, commitment and sport, appointed by the President;9° The director of the national service for ski and mountaineering management professions. The membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-3

…dentity and address of the person liable for payment, the information listed in article R. 2333-120-17-2 and any other information required for accounting purposes.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-90

For the application of article R. 5123-31 in Mayotte, the second paragraph reads as follows: "The allowance ceases to be paid when, from the age stipulated in article 2 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 Mar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10-2

…blishment, in an army hospital or in one of the structures mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 1221-10 and due to the latter, of the legislative and regulatory requirements relating to the storage of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4236-9

…nditions set out inarticle L. 6331-1 of the French Labour Code. Public and private sector employers may discharge all or part of the obligation set out in this article by paying all or part of the sum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-16

For the application of article D. 72-101-15 :1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date…

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

Article R214-96

…he financial instruments mentioned in 6° and 7° of the I of article L. 214-36 and in article R. 214-93 issued by the same entity may not represent more than 10% of the assets of the undertaking for co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-9

…sion services, and the sums mentioned in b of 1° of the same article are subject to a deduction of €10,000,000. This allowance is divided between a publisher mentioned in the first paragraph of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-9

…ed out constitutes a breach of specific safety and precautionary obligations for which the landlord may be held criminally liable.

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