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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-15

The commission referred to in article L. 6213-12 is called the Commission nationale de biologie médicale. It is attached to the Minister for Health. The National Medical Biology Commission is consulte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article R956-1

…ced by the words: "in the Wallis and Futuna Islands", and the words: "in the tables in appendices 6-1 and 6-2 of this book" are replaced by the words: "in the tables in appendices 9-2 and 9-3 of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-109

…e granted if the holder has a vascular neurology intensive care unit, as referred to in article R. 6123-34-1, on site twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and an intensive care unit on site.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

This decision is taken for a maximum period of four months. It may only be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Secondment contract and timeshare company.

Article L1252-10

The secondment contract drawn up for each employee includes :1° The content of the assignment ;2° The estimated duration of the assignment ;3° The employee's professional qualifications;4° The specifi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: MEASURES APPLICABLE TO THE EXECUTION OF A TRANSFER DECISION

Article L751-1

…ct of a request to be taken into care or taken back into care, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or of a transfer decision pursuant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-110

…Paris courts, both at first instance and on appeal. By way of derogation from Articles 206,207,207-1,221-1 to 221-3, the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal may not raise these proceed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-124

…for having committed the acts of which he or she is accused and that the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code is not applicable, the Investigating Chamber shall order that the person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy

Article L2432-1

The provisions of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-7 and L. 2212-8 (first paragraph) are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. For the application of the first paragraph of article L…

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