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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-86

The judicial police officer under whose responsibility the undercover operation takes place may alone be heard as a witness on the operation. However, if the report referred to in the third paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-8

Withdrawal by a candidate, a pair of candidates or one of the members of a pair of candidates of their candidacy for a council may only occur in the interval between the submission of their candidacy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-8

The nurse will seek out the most appropriate methods, depending on the age and personality of the pupil, in order to inform her of the various possibilities for emergency contraception and to point he…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the curator.

Article 810-1

During the six months following the opening of the succession, the curator may only carry out purely conservatory or supervisory acts, acts of provisional administration and the sale of perishable pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chronic Viral Hepatitis.

Article D3121-8

The Board's deliberations are not public. Voting shall be by secret ballot by decision of the Chairman or at the request of one of the members present. The Board may only deliberate if the majority of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Risk assessment

Article R4412-8

Any new activity involving hazardous chemical agents may only be undertaken once a risk assessment has been carried out and appropriate preventive measures implemented.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients

Article R4321-87

The masseur-physiotherapist may not advise or propose to the patient or their family, as being beneficial or without danger, a product or procedure which is illusory or insufficiently tested. Any prac…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electricity or natural gas supply contracts

Article R242-8

The failure to provide the consumer with an electricity or natural gas supply contract in writing or available on a durable medium under the conditions set out in article L. 224-4 is punishable by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article R1312-8

Failure to comply with measures ordered by the Prefect pursuant to article L. 1311-4 is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repetition of the offence provided for in the first paragraph is punishable in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions

Article D5134-8

The aid provided for in the multi-year agreement is paid for a period of sixty months from the creation of the job, for periods during which the job is actually filled by a person fulfilling the condi…

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