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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-28

…R. 15-29 to R. 15-33 are competent, within the limits defined by these articles, to carry out their duties in vehicles used for the collective transport of passengers, whenever these vehicles, or the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-28

The provisions of articles 643 to 647 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to the one-month and two-month time limits provided for in articles R. 50-15, R. 50-12-2 and R. 50-17.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article R53-28

The separate files and the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-28

Before the expiry of the time limit set by the judge pursuant to article R. 249-27, the prison administration shall take any measure it deems appropriate to put an end to the conditions of detention i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-28

…the Public Prosecutor decides, of his own motion or at the request of the accused, to use the procedure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt on appeal pursuant to the last paragraph of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Debt securities.

Article R213-28

Article R. 322-79 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime sets out the rules for profit participation certificates issued by mutual insurance companies and agricultural mutual insurance and reinsura…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-28

Credit institutions and finance companies shall provide the beneficiaries of the surety undertakings referred to in article D. 313-26, as well as any person who so requests, with all relevant informat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-28

The practitioner carrying out medically assisted procreation, whether this involves artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation with gametes from a donation, is required to have prior access to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Risk and quality management and quality control.

Article R1222-28

…tion is held by a doctor, a pharmacist or a person who holds an engineering degree or a national graduate or post-graduate degree in life sciences, chemistry, physics or quality, and who also meets th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-28

Authorisations are issued to the establishment and, where applicable, jointly to the associated establishment in accordance with article R. 1261-11, for a period of five years. Applications for renewa…

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