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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-82

Officers or agents of the judicial police authorised to carry out an undercover operation may, throughout the national territory, without being criminally liable for these acts: 1° Acquire, hold, tran…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-85

In the event of a decision to interrupt the operation or at the end of the period set by the decision authorising the infiltration and in the absence of an extension, the undercover agent may continue…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-5

…also be accessed, under the conditions set out in Article L. 222-1 of the Internal Security Code:1° Agents of the national police services and military personnel of the national gendarmerie units resp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-19

…additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, water samples are taken by agents of the Regional Health Agency or by agents of a laboratory approved under the conditions ment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the digitisation of procedural documents

Article A53-8

…edural document in digital format may, if necessary, be printed out by the magistrates and registry agents assisting them, the national police services, the national gendarmerie units, the officials a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information

Article R4425-4

…ial and Economic Committee: 1° The activities in which workers are exposed to pathogenic biological agents, the procedures, work methods and corresponding protective and preventive measures and resour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff of hospital foundations

Article R6141-64

…igations of civil servants and placed in a position in accordance with their status; 2° Contractual agents governed by decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-16

…r Affairs, Labour and Employment, and pursuant to Article L. 8271-17 of the same code, officers and agents of the judicial police of the national police and gendarmerie, and customs officers, individu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76-2

The public prosecutor or, with his authorisation, the officer or agent of the judicial police may carry out the operations provided for by Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the principal.

Article 1998

The principal is bound to perform the commitments entered into by the agent, in accordance with the authority given to him. He is only bound by what may have been done beyond that, insofar as he has r…

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