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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-25

Only the following may use the software covered by this chapter:1° Employees of the departments mentioned in article 230-20, individually designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258-1

Excluded from or struck off the annual list of jurors and the special list of alternate jurors are those who have served as jurors in the department for less than five years. A moral objection of a se…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-25

The deliberations of the members are subject to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

Without prejudice to Article R. 351-24, the following classifications are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6 - Financial monitoring of the unemployment insurance scheme

Article L5422-25

Each year, by 15 October at the latest, the Government sends Parliament and the social partners managing the body referred to in Article L. 5427-1 a report on the financial situation of the unemployme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-25

The practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 carrying out sperm collection or oocyte retrieval with a view to donation is required : 1° Enquire about the gamet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-25

The person responsible for the bathing water establishes the procedures necessary to implement the planned management measures in order to prevent and manage pollution in the short term. The person re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 8: Family members of foreign nationals holding a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "talent passport", "talent passport - European Blue Card", "talent passport - researcher" or "talent passport - researcher - mobility programme".

Article L421-25

When they are admitted to reside in France in accordance with articles L. 421-22 or L. 421-23, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-12 and the children of the latter in the y…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-25

…cised against the insurer of the person liable to pay compensation up to the limit of the balance remaining after payments to the third parties referred to in article 29 of the same law of 5 July 1985…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-25

In the event of failure to comply with an obligation to notify, declare or transmit statements, documents, data or hearings requested by the Secretary General or one of the panels of the Autorité, the…

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