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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-12

…he Director General shall send to the administrators and establishments for which Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is responsible for the receipts and expenditure the annual accounts of the operatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…en request of the public prosecutor, in the places and for the period of time that this magistrate determines and which may not exceed twenty-four hours, renewable by express decision and with reasons…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-6

…ion, the agents of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail observe a breach of the provisions applicable to the activities and veterinary medicin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Resources collected by Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R6333-2-1

The funders mentioned in 2° to 14° of II of article L. 6323-4 may entrust the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, where applicable within the framework of an agreement concluded on the basis of articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience in a professional environment

Article D5134-71-3

The body that prescribes the work placement in application of article L. 5135-2 sends the Agence de services et de paiement a copy of the agreement referred to in article D. 5135-2.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-3

…ng drawing up a compassionate prescribing framework, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by any means capable of giving a date certain of receipt, ask the mark…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-3

In the event of failure to comply with the rules laid down in application of 9° of article L. 5141-16 relating to advertising, the Agency may:1° Order the suspension or prohibition of advertising ;2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95-3

…le for electronic communications or any qualified agent of an authorised electronic communications network operator or service provider to carry out the operations referred to in articles 706-95-1 and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Inter-regional centres specialising in environmental and public health offences

Article 706-2-2

…to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment: 1° Of the offences provided for in articles L. 5421-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5426-1, L. 5432-1, L. 5432-2, L. 5432-3, L. 5438-4, L. 5438-6, L. 5439-1,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-2

As part of an operation to monitor the routing or transport of objects, goods or proceeds derived from the commission of one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1or 706-…

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