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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-8

Where the investigating chamber finds that there is no obvious error, it shall order the surrender of the person claimed and, if he or she is free, his or her imprisonment for that purpose. Any other…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-103

The order of the liberty and custody judge made pursuant to article 696-102 shall be notified without delay to the offender. The offender is also informed by a note in the notification that he or she…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Specific provisions relating to assets held in sub-ledger accounts

Article R332-66

As part of the auxiliary accounting operations referred to in article R. 342-1, the undertaking referred to in article L. 310-3-2 may only enter into contracts constituting forward financial instrumen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-6

…part of the economic, social and environmental database established in application of article L. 2312-18.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-6

…ishments laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5124-18 is punishable by a fine of €150,000. The same penalties shall apply, irrespective of the meth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure applicable to requests for disclosure or production of documents

Article R153-6

…y to infringe a business secret. In the latter case, the judge designates the person or persons who may have access to the full version of the document. Where one of the parties is a legal entity, he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention service responsible for joint monitoring of this worker's state of health

Article D4624-62

The monitoring of a worker's state of health provided for in Article L. 4624-1-1 is carried out by the main employer's inter-company occupational health and prevention service, to which the other empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-6

…one or more activities exercised prior to the end of the rights, in application of I of article R. 5422-2, the allowance is paid by the employer or the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 on be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-6

After receiving the opinion of the establishment's medical commission or, in the case of establishments that are part of a regional hospital grouping, the medical college or the grouping medical commi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-11

The invitation referred to in article R. 2131-10 shall include at least the following information: 1° The nature and quantity of the services required. In the case of renewable contracts, it shall ind…

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