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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…NA fingerprint database centralises DNA traces and fingerprints relating to the following offences: 1° Sexual offences referred to in Article 706-47 of this code as well as the offence provided for by…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
3° bis: Premises acquired or developed with State assistance

Article 1384 F

…with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in Article 1639 A bis, exempt, for their share of property tax on built-up properties, for a period of five yea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-11

…concerns at least twenty-five employees benefiting from the protection provided for in article L. 2411-1, the Labour Inspector will give the employee the opportunity to present his written observation…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-2

…rmaceutical use" means all the constituents of medicinal products within the meaning of Article L. 5111-1, i.e. :1° The active substance or substances. An active substance is any substance or mixture…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-11

…erty investment company are liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros if they: 1. Distribute fictitious dividends among the shareholders; 2. Publish or present inaccurate informat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jumping sessions

Article A322-150

…he nature of the jump. The only jumps that beginners may make on their first jump are the following 1° An automatic opening jump using a "full back" type parachute whose main container is opened by a…

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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 R142-19

Personal data and information recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 and in the electronic component provided for in articles R. 414-5 and R. 431-1 may be communicated, in particula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-12

…dures for its implementation and the choice of operator. It is subject to the following conditions: 1° The existence of a benefit for a patient suffering from a medical condition whose medicinal treat…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application and attachments

Article R4126-11

…mpanied by copies in a number equal to that of the parties plus two. The provisions of articles R. 411-4 and R. 411-5, of the second paragraph of article R. 411-6, of the first sentence of article R.…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-1

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the in…

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