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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-14

…ied out by two experts. If the commission concludes that the offender is particularly dangerous, it may propose, in a reasoned opinion, that the offender be subject to secure detention if: 1° The obli…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14-1

…sis; d) Contain a liquidity clause issued by the issuer or a guarantor guaranteeing that the assets may be redeemed at a price consistent with the published price, i.e. taking into account changes in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-3

…packaging on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5121-146-2 may bear only the information provided for in a, c, d and h of 1° of Article R. 5121-146-2, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-1

…y the employee referred to in article R. 6323-11-1, the regional inter-professional joint committee may decide to fund the project even when the associated training action begins after the end of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-12-1

Clients referred to in Article D. 533-12 may waive the protection afforded by the rules of conduct only in accordance with the following procedure: 1° The client shall notify the investment service pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-12-1

…of French Guiana benefit each year from an individual right to training calculated in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office within the limit of a ceiling and the annual amoun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-2

…ction extending over the jurisdiction of several judicial courts or over the whole of the territory may, where these acts have the material nature of an offence and meet the conditions laid down in Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to pledges of securities registered in a shared electronic recording device

Article R211-14-1

…V of article L. 211-20, the pledgee defines with the pledgor the conditions under which the pledgor may dispose of the pledged financial securities and the sums in any currency held in the account ope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article D6124-140-2

…a radiotherapist from the team mentioned in Article D. 6124-137 ; 3° The treatment of each patient may be carried out by two medical radiology technicians present at the treatment station or by a med…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I bis

I.-Where they have applied the provisions of I of article 1464 I, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of…

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