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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-15

…en met or that there is an obvious error. An appeal against an opinion of the Investigating Chamber may only be based on formal defects of such a nature as to deprive that opinion of the essential con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L3711-2

…the reports of the examinations that he has ordered during the execution of the sentence. The judge may also send the attending physician any other relevant documents in the file. Without being bound…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties applicable

Article L2333-15

…This procedure and the rate of the fine are set by decree in the Council of State. The police court may also order the offender to pay five times the fees of which the municipality or inter-municipal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Payments into the time savings account

Article L3343-1

If the agreement establishing a time savings account so provides, the employee may pay into this account all or part of the bonuses allocated to him under a profit-sharing agreement, as well as, at th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Representative bodies and staff expression.

Article L6144-1

…l Health Agency finds that the provisions of the previous paragraph have not been complied with, he may take appropriate measures, in particular adjusting the funding allocations referred to in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-5

The following may not directly or indirectly hold a fraction of the share capital of a company operating a private medical biology laboratory 1° A natural or legal person practising a health professio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-6

I.-Article L. 214-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In 1°, the words: "in accordance with Dire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…es governed byArticle 73 of the Constitution are not subject to 3° and 7°. By way of derogation, in Mayotte, the shower room and toilet of a dwelling may be located in another building, provided that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R741-6 bis

…k invested with a delegation mandate in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 27 of Order no. 2022-544 of 13 April 2022 relating to the ethics and discipline of ministerial officers: 1° Must…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…formation for data subjects is provided in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individ…

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