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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-10

In urgent cases and at the request of the chairman of the community council, the prefect may authorise the urban community to begin carrying out certain operations for which it is responsible pursuant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-10

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-10

The prevention plan sets out how maintenance costs are to be shared between the external companies whose workers use the premises and facilities provided for in article R. 4513-8 and made available by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Individual health monitoring

Article R4513-10

The occupational physician of the external company shall provide the occupational physician of the user company, at the latter's request, with the elements of the individual medical file of the extern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-2

The categories of personal data recorded in the SIVIC processing are as follows: 1° Concerning persons taken into care following an event mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 3131-10-1 for c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article R1112-10

The provisions of this section shall apply to public health institutions.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-4-1

I.-It is punishable by a fine of €3,750 to knowingly undermine, for purposes other than research, an effective technological measure as defined in article L. 331-5, in order to alter the protection of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Manufacture, packaging and importation of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-3

The person responsible for placing a tattoo product on the market, established in France, shall make the file provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 513-10-5 available to the supervisory au…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Opposition

Article D1253-10

The employers' group is informed in advance of the reasons for the proposed objection to the continuation of its activity and invited to submit its observations within one month of receipt of this not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation prior to a radiological emergency

Article R4451-100

I.-Each worker assigned to the first group mentioned in 1° of II of Article R. 4451-99: 1° Agrees to the assignment; 2° Has no medical contraindication to intervention in a radiological emergency situ…

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