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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-24

The committee's opinion includes :1° The identification and title of the research ;2° The name of the investigator or, where applicable, the coordinating investigator;3° The name of the sponsor;4° The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-31

…gement of receipt. Corporate entities may only submit their request directly to the public prosecutor. If the Public Prosecutor to whom the request is addressed finds that the data for which updating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-35

The request for transmission drawn up, pursuant to Article 695-9-33, by the departments or units mentioned in Article 695-9-31, shall contain the information listed in the model in Annex B to Framewor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-54

Within the scope of the declaration, organisations must be able to provide the following information at any time: 1° The nature and number of samples held; 2° The characteristics of the samples held;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Result

Article R2314-22

A copy of the minutes of the elections to the social and economic committee or a copy of the minutes of the failure to act is sent by the employer to the service provider acting on behalf of the Minis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-20

In order to be included on the list of tourist areas referred to in article L. 3132-25, the areas must receive a significant additional population during certain periods of the year due to their natur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: System of remuneration for members of the deliberative assemblies of joint associations exclusively involving local authorities and groups of local authorities

Article R5723-1

For the application of article L. 5721-8, the maximum allowances voted by the deliberative bodies of mixed syndicates exclusively associating municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-12

The steps must comply with the following requirements: 1° They must not be slippery; 2° If there is no riser, successive steps must overlap by 5 centimetres; 3° It is forbidden to place one or two iso…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-92

The application for authorisation must include : 1° The name and registered office of the company and the address of the establishment; 2° The name and address of the occupational health and safety de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4453-13

Reducing the risks associated with exposure to electromagnetic fields is based in particular on : 1° The use of other work processes which do not expose workers to electromagnetic fields or which resu…

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