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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…those provided for by a protection measure in civil matters ordered in another Member State of the European Union recognised and enforceable in France pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the E…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L744-1

…ctober 2017 L. 211-3 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 211-4Or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-1

The College and the Sanction Committee may, if they do not consider themselves sufficiently informed in the light of the documents in the file, propose to the athlete likely to be sanctioned that he u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-31

…onditions as those laid down in Chapter I of Title VII of Book I of the Environment Code. Where the competent authority is the French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire - ASN), fin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Cinematographic representation in a school or university establishment

Article R211-51

The Minister responsible for culture may, after consulting the chairman of the classification committee, authorise the non-commercial public showing of a work or document whose cinematographic release…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-1

The members of the committees are bound by an obligation of impartiality.They shall personally examine the matters submitted for their consideration and deliberate on them without regard to persons or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-102

…be considered, after consultation with the co-chairmen of the relevant Selective Production Support Committee, if the project has been significantly reworked in terms of its writing, production condit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation procedure.

Article L2522-3

The parties shall appear in person before the conciliation boards or, in the event of serious impediment, shall be represented by a person empowered to negotiate and conclude a conciliation agreement.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article L4132-7

…immediately after the election of the president, vice-presidents and other members of the standing committee, the president shall read out the charter for locally elected representatives provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-67

Before discharge, all in-patients receive a questionnaire designed to collect their comments and observations. This completed questionnaire is returned to the administration in a sealed envelope and i…

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