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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R268

A article R. 42, after the first paragraph, the following paragraph is inserted: "If the accused resides on an island that is not served by a regular postal service, notification shall be made by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-4

I.-The early access authorisation may be renewed. Renewal is the subject of an application by the holder of this authorisation addressed to the Haute Autorité de santé, the ministers responsible for h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

The nurse is authorised to perform the following acts either in application of a medical prescription or its renewal by a nurse in advanced practice under the conditions provided for in article R. 430…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-358

Contractual practitioners are entitled to: 1° Annual leave, the duration of which is defined, on the basis of twenty-five working days, in proportion to their weekly service obligations; 2° Leave in r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-11

I. - The eligible financial securities and money market instruments referred to in I of article L. 214-20 are :1° Either eligible financial securities and money market instruments admitted to trading…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

The technical provisions corresponding to accepted reinsurance transactions are as follows: 1° Mathematical provision: difference between the present value of the commitments assumed by the reinsurer…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Provisions relating to the carrying on of certain co-insurance operations by insurance undertakings

Article R321-35

Insurance undertakings whose head office is in France and which participate in the operations referred to in Article L. 321-12 as leading insurers shall provide the other insurers participating in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article R521-3

The administrative authority mentioned in articles L. 521-4, L. 521-5, L. 521-7, L. 521-10, L. 521-12, L. 521-13, L. 521-14, L. 521-16, L. 521-20 and L. 521-23 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article R251-1

The economic interest group ceases to be subject to the obligation to appoint a statutory auditor pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 251-12 if it has fewer than one hundre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article R7121-51

An artistic agent who holds a live performance contractor's licence and produces a live performance and who, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, collects a commission from all the artis…

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