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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-67

…tee : 1° Coordinates the action of the Agency's professionals in the fields mentioned in Article D. 6431-66; 2° Each year, together with the hospital hygiene operational team, prepares the action prog…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-6

…ions of the procedures referred to in this I are specified by the decree provided for in Article L. 611-4. When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution becomes aware that a person, acting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Offences relating to management and administration

Article L242-6

…tly interested. In addition to the additional penalties provided for in Article L. 249-1, the court may also impose as an additional penalty, in the cases provided for in this article, the disqualific…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

…f the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union done at Brussels on 26 May 1997, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 : 1° Any Com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Compensation for breach of business confidentiality

Article L152-6

…material and promotional investments that he or she made as a result of the infringement. The court may, as an alternative and at the request of the injured party, award damages in the form of a lump…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…e Citizens' Reserve for Territorial Cohesion is part of the civic reserve provided for by Law 2017-86 of 27 January 2017 on equality and citizenship. It is governed by Articles 1 to 5 of the same law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

…ysical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty of any…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-33

The measures for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° and 9° of Article 694-31 are as follows: 1° Obtaining information or evidence which is already in the possession of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-4

…pean Union in all investigations and prosecutions falling within its competence.The Eurojust Agency may also, with the agreement of the Member States concerned:1° Coordinate the execution of requests…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-109

…s. Article 30, the first sentence of article 33, the first four paragraphs of article 35, articles 36,37,39-1,39-2 and 40-3, the third paragraph of article 41 and article 44 shall not apply. For the a…

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