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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4-2

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may decide to prohibit him/her from corresponding in writing with one or more persons that he/she designates, in view of the req…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-8

…o in the second paragraph of Article 694-7 may also, under the conditions laid down by the articles 706-81 to 706-87, participate under the direction of French judicial police officers in undercover o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-9-1

I.-The provisions of I, II, III and IV of article D. 1er-13 are applicable to transmissions of information made pursuant to article 706-47-4. II.-The list of professions and activities exercised by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-75

The arrangements for applying the provisions of Article 706-22-1 giving concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction to the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court, the Paris Sentence Enforceme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1017

…onally liable to pay it, each in proportion to the share and portion from which they benefit in the estate. They shall be mortgaged for the whole, up to the value of the immovables of the estate of wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-3

Ampoules or other small primary packaging on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5121-146-2 may bear only the information provided for in a, c, d and h of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Devices subject to notification to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R5211-66

The medical devices which must be notified in accordance with Article L. 5211-4 are class IIa, IIb and III medical devices and active implantable medical devices. The communication is made to the Dire…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Periods of work experience in a professional environment

Article D5135-2

…35-4 , the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Employment, includes the following information in particular: 1° The name, address and legal form of the prescribing body; 2° The surname…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public advertising

Article R5122-3

…he general public : 1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious and the product is clearly identified as a medicinal product; 2° Contains at least : a) The name…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: General safety measures

Article R4462-6

The employer shall draw up general safety instructions setting out the general rules for access and safety in pyrotechnic enclosures, which shall include : 1° A ban on wearing any smoking articles and…

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