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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Direct access to specialised technical facilities

Article R6123-32-5

Any establishment referred to in article R. 6123-32-2 which has signed the agreement referred to in this article must inform the public that it provides ongoing care for patients in the field in which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-2-3

The application for authorisation referred to in article R. 15-2-2 specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit within which he will be called upon to perform…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-21-3

The employer must prove that he has referred the matter to the body referred to in Article R. 4722-21-2 within the time limit set and must forward the results of the technical inspection to the Labour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article R642-37-2

The official receiver shall rule on the sale after receiving the observations of the auditors and hearing or duly summoning the debtor and his spouse, where the latter is in one of the situations prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-3

I. - A. - For the purposes of Article L. 312-1-3, the financial fragility of the account holder is assessed by the account-keeping institution on the basis of : 1° The existence of irregularities in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-33-1

I.-When the director of the institution refers a case to the liberty and custody judge, in application of II of article L. 3222-5-1, the request is presented under the conditions set out in article R.…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-3

Verification of the identity of persons entered in the file provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-53-2 is carried out, where possible, on the basis of information communicated to the crim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-36-1

The official receiver shall rule on the sale after having heard the observations of the auditors and heard or duly summoned the debtor and his spouse where the latter is in one of the situations provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-32-1

The property mentioned in article L. 624-19 which is not the subject of a repossession under the conditions provided for by this text may be sold. The provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 6…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-7

When the ballot takes place by post, the ballot papers, envelopes and supporting documents are produced by the administration at its own expense. Only electoral material supplied by the administration…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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