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Showing 56015610 of 59562 articles for Art. n° 23-022 and 7 July 1995

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint regional committees

Article R6156-79-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article R. 6156-79, in French Guyana and Mayotte, the joint regional commission placed under the authority of the Director General of the regional heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-1

…group of hospitals or of a hospital, in order to examine matters relating to that group or hospital and in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris interna…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-7

The online complaints service provides the victim, in a printable format, with a receipt for the complaint as well as a copy of the report of receipt of the complaint, which is signed, in accordance w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-7

…nal Institute of Industrial Property shall decide on the opposition in the light of all the written and oral observations submitted by the parties and the latest proposals for amendment of the patent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-71

…l be the subject of a report by the judicial police officer indicating the recipient of the request and the nature of the information requested. In the case provided for by article 77-1-2, the report…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-74

The judicial police officer notes receipt of the information requested in the report and either prints it out on paper or saves it in full on a digital medium that complies with the technical standard…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-70

Only judicial police officers assigned to a service or unit carrying out judicial police duties and who have been expressly authorised to do so by the head of the service or unit may make such request…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-75

Personal data collected pursuant to this section may not be processed by automatic means, with the exception of the processing required for use in criminal legal proceedings.The personal data collecte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-72

The technical procedures for interrogating and transmitting information are specified in a protocol signed by the Minister of Justice and, as appropriate, the Minister of the Interior or the Minister…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-7

…s apply the third-party payment system referred to in article L. 160-10 of the Social Security Code and do not charge more than the rates set by the administrative authority or the rates referred to i…

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