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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring and evaluation of prisons

Article D234

In accordance with the provisions of article D. 136-2 of the Penitentiary Code, the president of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction a penitentiary establishment is located and the public pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-6

The employee representative and the employees participating in his or her appointment must not have incurred any of the convictions provided for in Article L. 6 of the Electoral Code. The employee rep…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article R122-6

The standard articles of association applicable to the local semi-public sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-12 are set out in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4021-6

The National Agency for Continuing Professional Development (ANDPC) referred to in Article L. 4021-6 is set up by means of an agreement between the State and the National Union of Health Insurance Fun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation.

Article D2363-2

The members of the Committee of the European Cooperative Society are : 1° Either appointed in accordance with the procedures defined in articles D. 2362-6 et seq; 2° Or elected in accordance with the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D444-4

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, u…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D446-5

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D40

Requests for expert reports, for the modification of an expert's mission or for the addition of a co-expert and observations concerning expert reports provided for in articles 156, 161-1, 161-2,167 an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D46

When the criminal appeals chamber issues a committal order with deferred effect, the public prosecutor has the same prerogatives as the public prosecutor. If the date set for incarceration is brought…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D94

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 213-2 du code pénitentiaire, lorsqu'il suspend l'encellulement individuel d'une personne détenue en raison de sa personnalité, le chef de l'établiss…

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