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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: National Food Council

Article D824-5

The members of colleges a to h mentioned in 1° of article D. 824-4 are appointed by joint order of the ministers responsible for agriculture, health, the environment and consumer affairs.Their three-y…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Access to rights and obligations

Article D561-14

The certificate mentioned in Article D. 561-12 is valid from the date of issue until the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons issues civil status documents attesting to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-31

…oyees whose employment contracts have been concluded or terminated, as referred to in 3° of article D. 1221-30.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-7

…nded for direct therapeutic use if the results of the screening tests provided for in 5° of article D. 1221-6 are negative.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article D526-31

…accordance with the rules of ordinary law within one month of the publication mentioned in article D. 526-30.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Libraries

Article D1421-5

…les relating to municipal and inter-municipal libraries are laid down by the provisions of articles D. 320-1 and R. 320-2 of the Heritage Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Emergency rehousing fund

Article D2335-21

…local public establishments and public interest groups based on the assessment mentioned in article D. 2335-20.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-65

The convicted person's individual file provided for by Article D. 49-29 includes a specific file number in which all the documents and information relating to the victim or civil party of the offence…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-73

…ing the judgment, the victim may also request, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 49-72, not to be informed of the execution of this sentence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to probation with reinforced monitoring

Article D546-6

The provisions of Article D. 621-11 of the Penitentiary Code determine the conditions under which the sentenced person's situation is reassessed and the manner in which the sentence enforcement judge…

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