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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regional and interregional councils

Article D4311-86

…ses, one pair of nurses employed in the private sector and two pairs of nurses from the public sector.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-3

…adcast in order to ensure the serenity of the proceedings or to prevent a disturbance to public order. Recording the proceedings or distributing them to third parties is punishable by one year's impri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-8

…chaired by a general inspector of education, sport and research or by a national education inspector. If the latter are unavailable, the jury is chaired by the vice-chairman, a public health pharmaci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 83-2

…issue the notice of the end of the investigation provided for in article 175 and the settlement order. However, this notice and this order may be co-signed by the co-investigating judge(s).

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-81

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-81

Before 31 December each year, France Compétences sends the Minister responsible for vocational training an updated list of the national joint employment committees or joint committees that have not co…

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

Article 411-86

Unless an exemption is granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in view of the production conditions, the production company must submit to the Centre national du…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission provided for in Article L. 311-5

Article D311-8

The minutes of the commission's meetings include: - a list of the members present; - a summary of the proceedings mentioning the positions expressed by the members, including the remuneration proposal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 G

The rates set out in articles 881 D and 881 E are applicable to the issue of copies and information provided for by articles 2 and 3 of the arrêté du 10 octobre 2008 pris pour l'application des articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 850-2

For the application in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article 529-7, the words: "For second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class road traffic offences, the list of w…

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