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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-29

…the preservation of the body of the deceased is no longer necessary to establish the truth, the competent judicial authority shall issue authorisation to release the body and a burial permit as soon a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the Government Commissioner

Article R112-29

…to visit the premises of the Agence Nationale du Sport. The Government Commissioner shall attend meetings of the governing bodies and of any bodies or commissions set up within them in an advisory ca…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-29

…ncial year. The authorising officer is authorised, under the conditions provided for inarticle L. 1611-5 of the General Local Authorities Code, not to issue revenue orders corresponding to receivables…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-29

…reated within the High Council for Mountain Sports by order of the Minister for Sport. This decree sets the composition, operating procedures and jurisdiction of these committees. The chairmen of thes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Prohibition on prenatal and postnatal use.

Article L1225-29

The employee may not be employed for a total of eight weeks before and after giving birth.The employee may not be employed for six weeks after giving birth.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-29

…es, the employer convenes and consults the Social and Economic Committee. The committee holds two meetings, separated by a period of no more than fourteen days.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-29

…dministration company, the following are taken into account: 1° The company's permanent employees, determined in accordance with Article L. 1111-2; 2° Ported employees who have provided portage servic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-29

The suspension of the employee's assignment contract does not prevent the contract from expiring.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-29

This list of candidates is composed, for each organisation, in such a way that the difference between the number of women and men among the number of councillors appointed to each council is no greate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-29

…y these documents, the professionals, services, establishments and bodies referred to in article L. 1111-25 may create a document containing personal health data from one or more existing digital docu…

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