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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R297

Article R. 72 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 72.-For persons born in the overseas collectivities or in New Caledonia and convicted by a French criminal court other than that of their place of birth, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-14

…a decision within six months of the acknowledgement of receipt of the file provided for in article R. 424-11, either rejecting the application or deciding to continue the investigation, the applicati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-7

…rder within fifteen days of the expiry of the period provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 643-11. He shall file the minutes of the closure of the order at the registry of the court before…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-29

…peration group or laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in e of 2° of Article R. 2142-1 keeps, with due respect for confidentiality, for each person whose gametes or germ tissue…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article R5141-12

…e application and inform the social security bodies concerned. If the bodies referred to in article R. 5141-11 remain silent for more than one month from the date of the acknowledgement of receipt, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-38

…urther justification, the birth certificate extracts, the information provided for in 1° of article R. 4381-33, supplemented by the date and place of birth of each of the members and a mention of thei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-2

…al tribunal appoints each year, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 1423-3, L. 1423-5, R. 1423-11 and R. 1423-12, the employer industrial tribunal members and the employee industrial trib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

…ted pharmacists referred to in article L. 5142-1 and the interim pharmacists referred to in article R. 5142-26 are entered on the register of section B or section E of the national order of pharmacist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Voluntary associations

Article R1110-4

The standard agreement provided for in article L. 1110-11 governing relations between voluntary associations and health, social and medico-social establishments is annex 11-1 to this code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-3

…hen the domiciliary agent satisfies the conditions set out in articles L. 123-11-3, L. 123-11-4 and R. 123-166-2, approval is granted for a period of six years.

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