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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-31

The experts referred to in Article R. 331-30 are appointed by the chairman of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique on a proposal from the rapporteur in charge of i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-18

…epot are carried out by a single blood establishment, known as the "referent blood establishment", determined in application of the blood transfusion organisation plan drawn up under the conditions la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-28

…to which the balance of the apprenticeship tax is to be paid are allocated by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations to authorised establishments determined according to the following criteria: 1° A f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Disciplinary action

Article R4234-1

…inister for Social Security, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'aliment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R295

The first two paragraphs of article R. 70 are worded as follows: "Records shall be withdrawn from the criminal record and destroyed by the registrar of the court of first instance in the following cas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R270

I.-The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article R. 45 shall read as follows: "The objection made by the accused, within the time limits provided for in either the third or fifth paragraphs of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…onsolidated accounts and a report on the management of the group when the following conditions are met: 1° The consolidated accounts of the larger body of undertakings, in which these companies are in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R272

In Article R. 49, the following paragraph is added: "For New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the amount of the fixed fine is set respectively by the Congress of New Caledonia and the Council of Minist…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the ethics officer for local elected representatives

Article R1111-1-D

The ethics officer(s) or the members of the college constituting it are bound by professional secrecy in compliance with articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code and to professional disc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-8

…ating to compensation, and after deduction of the residual commitments of the Union des entreprises et des salariés pour le logement, the amount of the balance, including the financial income on the s…

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