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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Discipline

Article R6153-1-20

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 6153-1-19, the provisions of article R. 6153-40 relating to suspension are applicable to junior doctors. During the period in which he is suspended, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 60, 77-1 and 156, where it appears that data seized or obtained in the course of the investigation or enquiry has been subject to transformation operati…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Remuneration arrangements

Article D6323-18-2

…t is carried out after the end of the fixed-term employment contract in application of article R. 6323-14-1, the remuneration is paid by the regional inter-professional joint committee.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-2

…al cross-industry joint committees are entitled to determine certain categories of priority actions and target groups when the requests for support for a professional transition project submitted to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-2

…on may not be held in custody for more than one year. However, subject to the provisions of article 145-3, the liberty and custody judge may, on expiry of this period, extend the detention for a perio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22-1

…public prosecutor's office before the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal: 1° To automatically forward a sentencing decision to the competent authority of another European Uni…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2-1

For the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 which are authorised to carry out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1, the calculation of the best estimate referred to in II of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1-2

…l Institute of Industrial Property organises free public consultation of industrial property titles and the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property. The terms, places and conditions of this consultat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reporting obligations relating to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4163-2-1

…up lists of trades or activities particularly exposed to the occupational risk factors mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 4161-1 of this Code, with a view to the application of article L. 221-1-5 of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil d'orientation des conditions de travail (Working Conditions Advisory Council)

Article L4641-2-1

…isse Centrale de la Mutualité Sociale Agricole, representative employers' organisations at national and cross-industry level and representative employees' trade unions at national and cross-industry l…

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