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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article R53-8-39

Registration of personal data in the file is carried out directly by authorised or empowered persons. Registration and consultation of the file are carried out via secure telecommunication means. The…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2331-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2324-2 to R. 2324-4, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice in the Official Journal of the Europe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-8

…mission application file and the absence of prior approval in Ile-de-France are set out in articles R. * 423-36, R. 423-44, R. 423-44-1, R. 423-45, R. 424-2, R. 431-28, R. 510-1 and R. 510-6 of the to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 883-2

In criminal matters, when the liberty and custody judge receives a request for release from custody from the investigating judge and does not intend to accept this request, he or she shall rule on it…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-8

Articles R. 356-9 to R. 356-22 apply to the participating and parent undertakings mentioned respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2. For the purposes of the solvency calcul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-88

For the application of article R. 5123-17 in Mayotte, the words: "in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in the second paragraph of article 6 of order no. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-2

…will be reported by the public prosecutor at the formal re-opening hearing provided for by article R. 711-2 of the Code of Judicial Organisation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments authorised to collect cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1242-8

…purposes is issued, suspended or withdrawn under the same conditions as those laid down in article R. 1233-2 and articles R. 1233-4 to R. 1233-6.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-23 (art. A231-3)

QUESTIONNAIRE RELATING TO THE STATE OF HEALTH OF A MINOR SPORTSPERSON WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING OR RENEWING A SPORTS FEDERATION LICENCE OR ENTERING A SPORTS COMPETITION AUTHORISED BY A DELEGATED FEDERA…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-20 A (art. A322-101)

CONDITIONS FOR TEACHING TRIMIX OR HELIOX DIVINGDEVELOPMENT AREASMINIMUM LEVELof diversSKILLSminimum of the group leaderNUMBER OF DIVERSmaximumof the group, excludingsupervisor0 - 40 metres. Level P 3…

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