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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decisions that may be taken at any stage of the procedure

Article R721-2

The departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect are competent to determine the country of return of a foreign national in the event of the automatic enforcement of the following decisions:…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-25

Within one month of being notified of the committee's unfavourable opinion, the sponsor may use the information system for research involving the human person to request that his dossier be re-examine…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-33

The Board of Directors freely distributes among its members, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 22-10-8, the overall sums allocated to the directors in the form of attend…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-149

Fully or partially amortised shares whose conversion into capital shares has been decided are entitled, for each financial year, and until such conversion is completed, to the first dividend or intere…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-13

When an application for home detention under electronic surveillance is made to the investigating judge, the liberty and custody judge or the sentence enforcement judge, or when he or she is consideri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R213-1

The tariffs relating to the fees mentioned in 9° of Article R. 92 corresponding to the supply of data retained pursuant to IIa and III of article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communicatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-18

The authorisation is issued for a period of three years and may be renewed for an identical period on application by the authorisation holder to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-31

Establishments or organisations benefiting from the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1243-6 may sell tissues, their derivatives, cells or cell therapy preparations to manufacturers of in vitro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Authorisation of establishments

Article R1261-26

I.-Public partner institutions within the meaning of II of article R. 1261-19 enter into an agreement with the institution authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1261-1 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-12

Agents authorised under the conditions provided for in article R. 1337-11 shall take an oath, before the judicial court in whose jurisdiction their administrative residence is located, to perform thei…

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