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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-2

…en issued. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in the cases provided for in the articles 320 and 322. Nor do they apply if the absence of the convicted person during the trial is noted, eve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-3

Within eight days, the doctor who has carried out an examination leading to the issue of a health certificate shall send this certificate to the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Responsibilities

Article L2521-3

The Paris police prefect is responsible for fire and rescue services in the Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne departments.In this capacity, the Paris fire brigade is the territorially…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title I: Insurance distribution

Article R511-3

I - The remuneration referred to in III of article L. 521-1 refers to any commission, fee, other type of payment or benefit of any kind, economic or otherwise, offered or provided in connection with i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control.

Article L6116-3

…on-compliance with the obligation to provide information, the penalty provided for in Article L. 6113-8 shall apply.On the basis of this accounting data, the Regional Health Agency checks that there i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Referencing digital health services and tools in the digital health space

Article R1111-39

…se to a questionnaire assessing whether the applicant meets the criteria set out in Article R. 1111-37, the data protection impact assessment provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Conservation of gametes, germinal tissue and embryos

Article R2142-30

The interruption or cessation of activity of an establishment, a health cooperation group or a laboratory authorised to preserve gametes, germ tissue or embryos must not result in the cessation of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article A134-3

…can request bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record under the conditions provided for in Article A. 123-51.On receipt of this bulletin, a registration number is allocated, if applicable, to the declaran…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-3

…te of the videoconference or audioconference. When the investigators, in application of article L. 232-18-5, use an assumed identity in order to consult a website offering prohibited products or metho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-31

Sont transférés à la collectivité de Corse, en application du deuxième alinéa de l'article L. 4422-43 :1° The departments or parts of departments responsible, within the regional directorate of equipm…

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