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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R8

…4° The central director of recruitment and training for the national police or his representative;5° Active or honorary magistrates;6° Civil servants from the national police with at least the rank…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-3

The procedures for applying the provisions of articles 142-5 to 142-13 relating to house arrest with electronic surveillance are specified by the provisions of this subsection.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95

If the requirements of the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Borrowings

Article L3212-4

The departmental council decides on: 1° Borrowings by the department; 2° Loan guarantees under the conditions set out in articles L. 3231-4 et L. 3231-5.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil liability insurance for space operations

Article R176-1

Insurance contracts to cover civil liability relating to a space operation are governed by the provisions of articles R. 175-1 to R. 175-5.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-1

The transactions referred to in article L. 370-2 are subject to this Title. Articles R. 143-2 to R. 143-5 apply to these transactions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-26

Doctors' cooperatives may form cooperative unions as provided for in article 5 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific safety study.

Article R4543-6

Except in the case provided for in article R. 4543-5, the specific safety study remains the property of the contractor. A copy is given to the owner of the equipment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public health establishments specifically designed to receive people who have been imprisoned or placed in secure detention.

Article R6147-66

The public health establishments mentioned in article L. 6141-5 are subject to the provisions of Title I of this book, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-9

For the application of articles L. 5126-5, L. 5126-6 and L. 5126-7, army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides are considered to be health establishments.

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