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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-25

…le 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. He m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Risk assessment

Article R4412-6

…out and proposals made by the occupational risk prevention specialists mentioned in article R. 4623-26.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General measures to prevent chemical risks.

Article R4535-8

…ollective protection installations and equipment as provided for in articles R. 4412-23 and R. 4412-26 ; 5° Measures in the event of an accident or incident as provided for in articles R. 4412-33 to R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 776

…or the existence of incapacity to hold an elective public office provided for by Article 194 of Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 referred to above (1);3° To administrations and legal entities, the lis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-3

…growth wage are replaced by references to the minimum wage; 5° In articles R. 421-3, R. 421-4, R. 426-16, R. 426-19 and R. 431-14, references to the provisions of the Labour Code are replaced by refe…

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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 706-5

On pain of foreclosure, the claim for compensation must be made within three years of the date of the offence. Where criminal proceedings are brought, this time limit is extended and does not expire u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-17

The original minutes of the voting and counting operations with its appendices, the media files including the copy of the source programmes and executable programmes, the count, results and backup fil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article D6122-44-1

An army hospital may, with the authorisation of the Minister for Defence and the opinion of the Director General of the relevant regional health agency, participate in a shared medical imaging platfor…

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