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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-123

…and 148-5 of this code and articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-5, L. 341-7, L. 341-8 and L. 345-1 to L. 345-6 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6224-6

The provisions of Articles L. 6222-1 to L. 6222-5 do not apply to medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence. Medical biology laboratories in army hospitals providing…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-6

…e insurance or capitalisation contracts where rights are expressed in units of account mentioned in 6° or 7° of article R. 131-1, the sum paid according to the contractual provisions is equal to the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1222-6

…ans agreed between the establishment and the State;5° Borrowings and maximum outstanding cash loans;6° Acceptance or refusal of donations and legacies;7° Acquisitions, disposals and exchanges of real…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-6

If, taking into account the updated situation of the catchment area, the reasons that led to the suspension of the retail authorisation procedure so justify, the prefect may extend this suspension for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article D113-6

…the total income of the company's profit and loss account for the previous year, up to a limit of 1.6 million euros per sporting season.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-127

…tion, an investigation under pseudonym or a special investigative technique provided for in Section 6 of Chapter II of Title XXV of this Book shall be taken by the liberty and custody judge, referred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-6

…use or disclosure of business secrets, within the meaning of articles L. 151-4, L. 151-5 and L. 151-6, by a purchaser of agricultural and food products is punishable by an administrative fine of up to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Circulation of the Pacific franc

Article L721-6

…e of 5 CFP francs and are made according to the following rounding rules:1° Amounts ending in 1, 2, 6 and 7 are rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5;2° Amounts ending in 3, 4, 8 and 9 are rounded…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-63

…ctivity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1423-60, is entitled to have the hours spent carrying out labour tribunal activities, between 8 a.m. and…

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