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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 Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

I.-A foreign national who has been granted a work permit as provided for in article R. 5221-1 may, in accordance with the terms of the permit, carry out paid employment in France if he/she holds one o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R77

Before drawing up bulletin no. 1 for a natural person, the department responsible for the automated national criminal record checks the identity of the person concerned using the information communica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Fees and compensation paid to bailiffs and law enforcement officers

Article R191

It is allocated to the persons mentioned in Article R. 188, for capture or seizure of the person, in execution of: 1° A police judgement or a correctional judgement or ruling imposing a prison sentenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Special provisions for the preparation, distribution and administration of advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis as part of the same medical procedure as the removal of the tissues or autologous cells used in their composition.

Article R4211-51-1

I.-In accordance with the provisions of II of Article L. 4211-9-1, an establishment or organisation authorised under this section may have the preparation and distribution of an individually prepared…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-16

I. - The eligible financial securities mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 214-24-55 meet the following conditions: 1° The potential loss to which the general-purpose investment fund is exposed as a re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R168

The Public Prosecutor or the Principal Public Prosecutor may, by reasoned decision and even though no request has yet been made, decide to conceal information enabling the natural persons mentioned in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Payment of fees

Article R223

The court with jurisdiction to deal with the statement or memorandum of legal costs is the court that prescribed the measure.However, the judicial court has jurisdiction to deal with the statement or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-8

The electronic communications operators mentioned in Article L. 34-1 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code are required to communicate, by interconnection to the automated processing o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R170

Copies of non-final decisions, decisions handed down by investigating courts or courts for the enforcement of sentences and decisions handed down by juvenile courts or after hearings held in camera, a…

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