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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-93

The operations provided for in articles 706-89 to 706-91 may not, on pain of nullity, have any purpose other than the investigation and establishment of the offences referred to in the decision of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-75

In order to examine the application for authorisation, the Agency may ask the athlete for any additional medical examinations or documents deemed necessary by the committee of experts provided for in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-25

…n abroad of a specific film.Until they are registered on a permanent basis, foreign sales companies may only invest 75% of the sums provisionally entered in their automatic account during the first ha…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-7

The total amount of financial aid granted in application of this chapter may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French parti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R811-7

Authorisation may be withdrawn following the opinion of the public prosecutor, when the association no longer has the number of members required for its authorisation, when it can no longer justify th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L3441-7

Departmental councils in overseas departments may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration in national directories

Article L6113-7

The France Compétences commission in charge of professional certification may send a request to the ministries and certifying bodies to set up total or partial correspondences between the professional…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to certain transfers of powers (R)

Article R1614-74

…he competent authorities for the organisation of school transport, taking into account, as the case may be, the results of the 1982-1983 school year or the information already available concerning the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation

Article R2524-7

The members of the Superior Court of Arbitration may only deliberate in odd numbers. If the Court meets in an even number, the oldest member shall abstain from deliberating. The Court shall not rule u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Significant event

Article R4451-75

I.-The occupational physician who considers that the exposure of a worker may constitute a significant event, informs the employer and the radiation protection advisor in a named form excluding any qu…

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