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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Suspension of sentence under article 720-1-1

Article D147-4

In application of the seventh paragraph of article 720-1-1, the sentence enforcement judge may terminate the suspension of sentence if the obligations set out in the decision are not complied with, af…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-32

The declaration provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 561-17 and the documents communicated pursuant to II of Article L. 561-25 shall be sent within a maximum of eight clear days of receip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-21

Buildings in which pyrotechnic activities are carried out and which have several levels as referred to in Article R. 4462-17 are served, independently of the internal staircases, by one or more extern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose of agreements.

Article R6142-6

The following are part of the hospital and university centre 1° All the teaching and research departments of the training and research units concerned ; 2° All the diagnostic and care services of the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to declare goods in detail, customs representatives.

Article 86

The conditions under which a customs representative may provide his services pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

I.-The provisions of Section 5 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

Under the conditions laid down in article 17-1 of the law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the prese…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-20

After informing the payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter, in accordance with article L. 133-17, for the purpose of blocking the payment instrument, the payer shall not bear…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-23

When childbirth occurs more than six weeks before the expected date and requires postnatal hospitalisation of the child, maternity leave is extended by the number of days running from the actual date…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2221-1

Communes and syndicates of communes may directly operate services of public interest of an industrial or commercial nature. Operations likely to be managed by private companies, either by application…

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