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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-6

Organisations providing training as defined in 1° to 4° of article R. 814-28-4 shall issue the person who has completed the activities validated as continuing education with a certificate stating the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of owners of all or part of built-up buildings with regard to detection

Article R1334-16

Owners of the private portions of apartment blocks have a survey carried out of list A materials and products containing asbestos. They shall also have a survey carried out for materials and products…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R624-16

In the event of reclamation of the price of the assets pursuant to Article L. 624-18, the corresponding sums paid by the sub-purchaser after the opening of the proceedings must be paid by the debtor o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-16

…r is given a period of not less than one month in which to make its observations known. The Prefect may then demand repayment of any sums wrongly received.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Managing Director.

Article R5322-16

The list of decisions of the Director General referred to in Article L. 5322-2 which are communicated to the Ministers for the Economy, Health and Social Security for information fifteen days before t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee

Article R1221-25

…es of Chairman and member of the Policy Council are free of charge. Travel and subsistence expenses may be allocated to them, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the decree setting the cond…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-25

…jurisdiction of the court of appeal to which this council belongs. However, the rules of procedure may depart from this rule to take account of local circumstances.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

…authorisation of the public prosecutor or investigating judge, or the trial court hearing the case may designate any qualified natural or legal person, with a view to carrying out the technical opera…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-25

…ories of units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties may be created on an experimental basis in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 15-2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-22

…g the conditions set for each label by the…

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