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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to elected employees

Article R7227-20

Any refusal by the employer must be justified and notified to the person concerned.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions applicable in the event of a paperless challenge to fixed fines as provided for in Article 529-10

Article A37-20-3

In the case provided for in 1° of Article A. 37-20-2, the person shall send digitally, in the formats indicated on the site " www. antai. fr ", the copy of the receipt of the complaint lodged for thef…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-3

The procedures for the application for authorisation and its examination by the group controller referred to in Articles R. 356-20 and R. 356-20-1 are specified in Articles 347, 348 and 349 of Commiss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-20

For the cases referred to in 3° of articles 695-18 and 695-21, the request for consent shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the judicial authority of the executing Member State. It must contain,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-2

I.-The pharmaceutical record contains : a) Data relating to the identity and identification of its holder, in particular his national health identifier, and, where applicable, data relating to the ide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-3

Where the beneficiary of the insurance has objected to the opening of a pharmaceutical record, the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens will keep, for a period of ten years from the date of not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-1

In the event of war or military operations outside national territory, for serious reasons and with the authorisation of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defence, marriages may be solemnise…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-2

French nationals who have the option of renouncing French nationality in the cases referred to in this title may exercise this option by declaration made in accordance with articles 26 et seq. He may…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-3

In the cases referred to in the previous article, no one may repudiate French nationality unless he proves that he has by descent the nationality of a foreign country.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-5

The provisions contained in articles 19-3 and 19-4 are not applicable to children born in France to diplomatic agents or career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option…

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