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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article D47-12

…ragraph of Article 706-56, persons authorised under the conditions set out in article 16-12 of the Civil Code without being registered on a list of forensic experts may, in order to carry out DNA iden…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I

Article D544-1

For the application of the provisions of article R. 69, an extract of decisions revoking a suspended sentence taken pursuant to article 735 shall be sent to the criminal records office by the public p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial investment advisers.

Article D541-8

…l age; 2° They must not be subject to : a) banned temporarily or permanently from carrying on an activity or providing a service, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 621-15 or as a result of a sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial investment advisers.

Article D541-9

I. - The civil liability insurance contract taken out by a financial investment adviser pursuant to article L. 541-3 includes cover that takes effect on 1st March for a period of twelve months. The co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial investment advisers.

Article R541-11

The period of time after which the AMF's silence on applications for professional certification from bodies organising examinations to verify the professional knowledge of financial investment adviser…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R5421-2

…/her situation with regard to payment of the replacement income, in particular any resumption of activity, whether salaried or not, paid or unpaid.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R5421-3

Foreign workers are entitled to the replacement income provided for in article L. 5421-1 under the same conditions as French workers if they are in compliance with the provisions regulating their paid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions

Article R5429-2

Any employer who has wrongly withheld the employee contribution provided for in article L. 5422-9 and deducted it from wages shall be liable to the fine provided for fifth-class offences.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions

Article R5429-3

Failure to comply with the formal notice provided for in article D. 5424-43 within the fifteen-day period is punishable by the fine provided for third-class offences, without prejudice to an order, by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions

Article R5429-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 5422-13 and articles L. 5422-14 and R. 5422-5 to R. 5422-8 is punishable by a fifth-class fine.

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