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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions applicable to the protection of ionising radiation sources against malicious acts

Article R1333-147

…of ionising radiation, their theft, misappropriation, deterioration or damage of any kind that they may suffer for malicious purposes. An order of the ministers responsible for energy or defence may s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article D5134-146

Adult intermediaries may not carry out any act relating to the maintenance of public order and may not be employed in functions whose sole purpose is to provide services in the homes of natural person…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-14

…presence of family members. The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may hear a minor applicant individually, under the same conditions, if it considers it reasonable to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-14

…against the company, in the forms provided for in Article 1690 of the Civil Code. However, service may be replaced by the deposit of an original of the deed of transfer at the registered office again…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-14

…rts agent sets up a legal entity to exercise his profession, its managers, partners or shareholders may not be athletes or trainers for whom the agent may exercise the activity mentioned in the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-144

The registrar of a commercial court may issue, by way of simple information, collated copies which are neither signed, sealed nor certified true of documents of any kind filed with the registry of whi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Transfer to another Member State of the European Union

Article R581-14

The préfet de département and, in Paris, the préfet de police may refer the matter to another EU Member State for the purposes of transferring a foreign national who is a beneficiary of temporary prot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Exercising a mandate

Article L3123-14

The monthly working time of a part-time employee may not be reduced by more than one third by the use of the credit hours to which he is entitled for the exercise of mandates he holds within a company…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-14

For the application of the provisions of articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8, the convicted offender may inform the enforcement judge of the name of the lawyer chosen by him: the choice of lawyer by the co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4421-14

…te departments, local authorities and public services that are not represented on the sites council may be heard on matters that concern them, at the request of the chairman or co-chairmen when the co…

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