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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article R6113-47

I. - The total allocation provided for inarticle 4 of the Social ModernisationAct no. 2002-73 of 17 January 2002 is set by order of the Minister for Health, in the light of the decision by which the B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-21 bis

The magistrates mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 2333-120-21 fees, the unit amount of which, as well as the maximum number that may be paid annually by the same rapporteur, are set by joi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-6

…nt the application.The court finds that the applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in article 61-5 and orders the change of the indication relating to sex and, where applicable, forenames, in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-56

Information requested by the requesting authority of such a nature as to prejudice the fundamental national security interests of the State or to compromise the security of a person shall not be commu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-54

For the purposes of applying Council Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA of 30 November 2009 on prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings, where parallel c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-57

…authority which decides, on the basis of the information it has gathered in accordance with Article 695-9-54 and after consultation with the competent authorities of the other Member States concerned,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 795

…e-trial judge and decisions given by the panel of judges pursuant to the ninth paragraph of Article 789 are not subject to opposition. An appeal or appeal in cassation may only be lodged with the judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-78

The order made pursuant to article 706-77 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4411-73

…ty data sheet that complies with the requirements of Title IV and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration…

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