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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-8

…ative nature of a deliberation taken on the basis of the authorisation provided for in article LO 4435-6 may only be amended by a law if the law expressly so provides. Similarly, provisions of a regul…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-8

I.-The agreement of the subscriber referred to in 2° of article L. 370-7 is constituted, when the contract is subscribed by a group of employers, by the agreement of this group, when the latter repres…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific arrangements for enhanced individual monitoring

Article R4451-84

I - The occupational physician may obtain the results of the checks provided for in section 6 of this chapter which he deems necessary to assess the state of health of workers. II - An occupational he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-8

…ertification or accreditation in the national registers under the procedures set out in articles L. 6113-5 and L. 6113-6, the ministries or certifying bodies shall send the Director General of France…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-1

…r part of the points registered in the account for the use mentioned in 4° of the I of article L. 4163-7, these points are converted into euros: 1° To top up his personal training account in order to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-44

…ewed by the regional court for security retention, in respect of the persons mentioned in Article 706-53-13, following judicial supervision, socio-judicial monitoring or secure detention, in accordanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

…The designation of the competent authority which ordered the placement under judicial supervision; 3° The designation of the competent authority in the issuing State for the monitoring of these judic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-8

…ation falling into one of the categories provided for in the sixth paragraph of I of Article L. 214-6. The mediator may not, directly or indirectly, hold any interest in a company or organisation fall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of food vigilance

Article R1323-6

…ravail any information relating to the composition of each of the products mentioned in Article R. 1323-1 that it may require in order to carry out its duties, in particular the exact concentration of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-15

To satisfy the obligation of presentation referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article 706-53-5, the supporting document referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 53-8-13 is delivered in perso…

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