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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-48-1

The self-employed workers referred to in the sixth paragraph of article L. 6331-48 who have declared zero turnover or revenue for a period of twelve consecutive calendar months prior to submitting the…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Surveillance

Article R1322-44-1

The operator shall immediately inform the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who will immediately inform the Prefect, of any incident that may have consequences for public health, particu…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-4

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment to the position of chairman, chief executive officer or deputy chief executive officer of a per…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

Financial aid may be granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to support actions or projects of general or collective interest, or the overall activity of public or private bodies…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-17-4

The decision to release an offender on parole may be made before the date on which the sentence served is at least equal to twice the sentence remaining to be served, provided that it specifies that t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-4

…n articles L. 6221-9 and L. 6221-10, carried out during the previous five years, where they related to the in vitro diagnostic medical device that is the subject of the transfer; 2° A report on the me…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

The public prosecutor who chooses the simplified procedure communicates the prosecution file and his or her submissions to the president of the court. The president rules without prior discussion by m…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Adjustment of reporting obligations

Article 440-1

…esources, may either spontaneously, before the expiry of the period provided for the administration to exercise its right of recovery, or at the request of the administration within the period indicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-4

…and medico-social establishments are :-health establishments ;-army hospitalsmedical biology laboratories; - radiotherapy centres-radiotherapy centres;-medical-social establishments.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-13

…entified, he or she is informed of this procedure without delay, by any means. He or she is invited to appear at the same time as the perpetrator, accompanied if necessary by his or her lawyer, before…

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