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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Needs assessment and protection measures for victims of crime

Article D1-8

The authority interviewing the victim may decide not to apply one or more of the specific protective measures mentioned in Article D. 1er-7 if granting them would hinder the proper conduct of the inve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Needs assessment and protection measures for victims of crime

Article D1-3

The purpose of the personalised assessment is to determine whether specific protective measures should be implemented during the criminal proceedings.This assessment is carried out in particular in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Needs assessment and protection measures for victims of crime

Article D1-7

In the light of the personalised assessment, the authority hearing the victim shall apply the following specific protective measures: 1° Each interview with the victim takes place in premises designed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article D1-13

I.-The information provided for by article 11-2 is given by the public prosecutor. In the event of an indictment decided by the investigating chamber or a conviction handed down by the court of appeal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Needs assessment and protection measures for victims of crime

Article D1-9

The judicial police officer or agent who interviews the victim communicates the elements of the personalised assessment to the judicial authority in charge of the proceedings to enable it to decide, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-6

For the application of the provisions of Article 64-1 relating to the audiovisual recording of the questioning of a person held in police custody for a crime, account shall be taken of the nature of t…

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

Article D1221-6

The following biological analyses and screening tests are carried out for each donation of blood or blood components intended for the preparation of labile blood products for direct therapeutic use:1°…

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

Article D1221-7

Blood or its components may only be used to prepare labile blood products intended 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Territorial boundaries and administrative centre

Article D2112-1

The prefect's orders amending the territorial boundaries of the communes, referred to in article L. 2112-5, are published in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs. Mention is made in the J…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to documents and information

Article D3171-14

The right of access to personal information provided for in article 39 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties applies to documents recording e…

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