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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-88

Any national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who is qualified to carry out all or some of the activities mentioned in a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R64

The director of the national institute of statistics and economic studies shall communicate to the automated national criminal records department the surnames, forenames, dates and places of birth and…

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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 R337

For the application of article R. 185, the sum of : "0.91 euros" is replaced by : "1.68 euros (200 F CFP)" and the sum of : "1.37 euros" is replaced by : "2.52 euros (300 F CFP)".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Second-hand equipment

Article R4312-4

Second-hand safety components, whatever their date of entry into service when new, are subject to the technical rules of design and construction set out in Annex I to Article R. 4312-1. However, prote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Erection, dismantling and lifting of frameworks.

Article R4534-96

When, during the assembly, dismantling and lifting of structures and frameworks, workers are required to access a workstation or to move around while exposed to the risk of falling into a void, the em…

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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 R354

For the application of Article R. 227-1, the words: "the president of the judicial court, within whose jurisdiction the bailiff has his residence" are replaced by the words: "the president of the cour…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-9

The purchasers mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 3 of law no. 81-766 of 10 August 1981 relating to book prices may award a contract for the supply of non-school books for their own needs or to enhance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-14

No more than one quarter of the capital of a société d'exercice libéral mentioned in article R. 4381-8 may be held by one or more persons who do not meet the conditions of the first paragraph or of 1°…

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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 R305

The first paragraph of Article R. 80 reads as follows: "Bulletin No. 2 is requested from the registry of the court of first instance or, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article R. 62, from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R10

The granting of the status of judicial police officer to candidates who pass the technical examination is pronounced, following the assent of the commission provided for in article R. 3, by joint orde…

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