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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-10

…utstanding commitments.The outturn balance of the investment section corresponds to the difference between the amount of revenue orders and the amount of expenditure orders issued during the financial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109-4

…ed on a permanent basis, in liaison with the emergency medicine structures mentioned in article R. 6123-1, including via telehealth. This round-the-clock service may be shared by several authorised si…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-10

The athlete passport management unit carries out an initial review of all profiles.In the light of the successive data integrated into the predictive statistics algorithm concerning an athlete, the he…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the Pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-8

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the Pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-10

…atement of the grounds on which the claim is based; 3° A record of the notification made by the Competition Authority.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Aid for sickness, maternity, paternity and adoption

Article R1435-9-10

…or adoption, aid is paid to the doctor practising as a substitute if the following conditions are met: 1° Having worked as a substitute under the contract for the start of practice during the three m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-100-1

…and examined under the conditions laid down in Chapters I and IIa of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-10

…order to facilitate the parents' search for a consensual exercise of parental authority, the judge may propose a mediation measure to them, unless violence is alleged by one of the parents against th…

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