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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-16

The authorisation mentioned in 1° of article 706-95-12 is issued for a maximum period of one month, renewable once under the same conditions of form and duration. The authorisation mentioned in 2° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-19

The recordings and data collected during the operations carried out pursuant to this section shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, on expiry of the stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-7

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the association of masseur-physiotherapists of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica are responsible for masseur-physiotherap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-7-1

Any company may apply an inter-company savings scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved in application of article L. 3345-4. Companies wishing to apply th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Designation of tax officials responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-10-7

Candidates are forbidden to have printed or handwritten documents with them, on pain of exclusion. However, they may consult codes or compendia of laws, decrees and circulars; the latter may include r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-3

On pain of nullity, the decision authorising the use of the device referred to in Article 706-102-1 specifies the offence giving rise to the operations, the exact location or detailed description of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-1

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of accessing, recording, retaining and transmitting computer data in any place, as stored in a computer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-7-1

The duration of the apprenticeship contract, when it is concluded for a limited period, or of the apprenticeship period, when the apprenticeship contract is concluded for an indefinite period, varies…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Recognition of foreign qualifications

Article R212-84

Foreign diplomas are accepted as equivalent to the diplomas mentioned in article L. 212-1 by the Minister responsible for sport after receiving the opinion of the commission for the recognition of qua…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-24

In cases where the law does not provide for exemption, the applicant referred to in article R. 431-12 pays the special tax relating to the issue of the residence permit.

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