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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-22

Personal data that may be revealed by the exploitation of the enquiries and investigations mentioned in 1° of Article 230-20 shall be deleted when the investigation is closed and, in any event, on exp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 463

…ho shall have the powers provided for in Articles 151 to 155. This additional information obeys the rules laid down by articles 114,119,120 and 121. The public prosecutor may obtain, if necessary by m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers of the delegated federations

Article R131-34

The rules mentioned in article R. 131-33 must : 1° Be necessary for the execution of the delegation that the federation has received from the Minister responsible for sport or for the application, in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 bis

…ensation taxes provided for above are collected under the same conditions and according to the same rules as customs duties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

By way of derogation from the rules on consultation of employee representative bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trade union representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2122-10

…is representative with regard to the staff covered by the electoral colleges in which its statutory rules entitle it to present candidates, provided that it:1° It meets the criteria of Article L. 2121…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-11

…icer referred to in article L. 1451-4, ensures compliance with the ethical and professional conduct rules applicable to the Agency, the members of its bodies, its staff and its occasional collaborator…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-1

…agency, social welfare organisations, users and people qualified in health and social matters. The rules governing the appointment of its members and its mode of operation are defined by regulation.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Public access to forests.

Article L343-9

The rules relating to agreements between local authorities and their groupings and the owners of woods, parks and natural areas located within their territory with a view to opening said woods, parks…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article L341-14

The rules relating to pedestrian access to beaches and those relating to beach concessions are set out in…

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