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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions

Article D1242-5

The exemptions referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 1242-6 are granted by the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment under the conditions set…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-20

The single annual payment referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 6241-2 is determined by deducting from the balance referred to in the first paragraph of the same II, where applicable: 1° The subsidies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-26

The orders mentioned in 2° of article R. 1211-25 specify the conditions under which the practitioner mentioned in article R. 1211-25 is required to repeat the test for all or some of the biological ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-2

The right to appeal belongs: 1° To the accused; 2° To the public prosecutor; 3° To the person civilly liable, as regards his civil interests; 4° To the civil party, as regards his civil interests; 5°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27

I. - Every critical care unit includes at least the following sectors: 1° A reception area with at least one room for patients' relatives to relax in and a room dedicated to discussions between the ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-2

The couple or unmarried woman who wishes to offer their embryos for reception must give their written consent, in application of article L. 2141-5, after at least one interview with the multidisciplin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-101

Recognition of the European protection order may be refused if the order is based: 1° On offences committed wholly, for the most part or for the most part on the territory of the Republic or in a plac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-2

I. - The medical permanence dedicated to the intensive care unit and the polyvalent intensive care unit within the framework of the mention 1° mentioned in article R. 6123-34-1 is ensured by the prese…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

I. - The persons who effectively manage the business of the firm within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 .4 and the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board, the management board or any…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7a: Joint investigation teams

Article 67 ter A

I. - 1. With the prior agreement of the Minister for Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the public prosecutor may authorise, for the purposes of a customs procedure, the c…

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