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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-7

…of the investigation to carry out internal body investigations on a person in police custody, these may only be carried out by a doctor requested for this purpose.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-65

The provisions of decree no. 82-447 of 28 May 1982 relating to the exercise of trade union rights in the civil service are applicable to civil servants represented on the ministerial administrative so…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 C

Where the adversarial exchange takes place orally, the taxpayer is informed that he may request to benefit from the written communication provided for in Article 67 D. The date, time and content of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-17

…rty or the proceeds of their sale to the court or to the Victims' Trust Fund. Such property or sums may also be allocated to the victims, if the court has so decided and proceeded to designate them. A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-65

By way of derogation from article L. 2315-64, a social and economic committee whose annual resources do not exceed a threshold set by decree may fulfil its accounting obligations by keeping a book sho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-6

…thin a reasonable time, an opinion on the measures which are the subject of the consultation, which may be taken into account within the Community-scale undertaking or group of undertakings, without p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-6

…f their status or the conditions under which they practise. It monitors the system. To this end, it may request any documents necessary for this control. This control is carried out without prejudice…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Production advances

Article 311-67

The maximum amount of advances that may be granted to a production company during a financial year is determined on the basis of the sum entered, at the beginning of the current year, in the audiovisu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Companies authorised to grant certain guarantees

Article R518-68

The Minister responsible for the economy may withdraw approval : 1° Either at the request of the company, giving reasons ; 2° Or ex officio, if the company no longer complies with the conditions to wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-68

Contributions may be made to a société d'administrateurs judiciaires et de mandataires judiciaires or to a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice provided for in Article L. 811-7-1-A or Article L. 8…

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