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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electrical installations and precautions against static electricity

Article R4462-23

All buildings where pyrotechnic activities are carried out are deemed to be premises or locations exposed to fire risks within the meaning of article R. 4215-12. In the case of an explosive atmosphere…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special import provisions.

Article 23 bis

Subject to the application of international agreements, the import of foodstuffs, materials and products of all kinds and origins which do not comply with the legislative or regulatory obligations imp…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-23

Disputes relating to the fixing of the price of the revised or renewed lease are brought, regardless of the amount of the rent, before the president of the judicial court or the judge who replaces him…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings

Article R2315-23

The documents mentioned in article L. 4711-1 are presented to the Social and Economic Committee at the meeting following their receipt by the employer. Any member of the committee may request that the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to employer groups

Article D6325-23

Employers' groups for integration and qualification that organise pathways to integration and qualification as part of a professionalisation contract or apprenticeship contract may receive State aid.…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-29

When a forensic autopsy has been carried out as part of an investigation or judicial enquiry and the preservation of the body of the deceased is no longer necessary to establish the truth, the compete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-23

…paid within the prescribed period the annual fee referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 623-16. The forfeiture is recorded by the body mentioned in article L. 412-1. Where a decision is tak…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-23

The execution of a European arrest warrant may also be refused if the act which is the subject of the said arrest warrant does not constitute an offence under French law.By way of derogation from the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-23

After checking the integrity of the seals, the two experts are given the sample previously held by the owner or holder and the sample previously held by the agent who took the sample and forwarded to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

…isions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023] the operation is authorised by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge hearing the c…

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