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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-6

Without prejudice to the application of articles 706-25-11 and 706-25-12, the information mentioned in Article 706-25-4 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on the death of the pe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions and procedures for house arrest and detention

Article L753-3

In the event of house arrest pursuant to Article L. 753-1, the provisions of Articles L. 732-1, L. 732-2, L. 732-3, L. 732-7, L. 733-1, L. 733-2 and L. 733-3 shall apply.Failure to comply with the req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-9

By way of derogation from Article 64 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century, prior to initiating the group action mentioned in Article L. 1134-7, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and 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 R370-9

…iation and the name of the latter; 6° Proof of the prior agreement referred to in article L. 370-7; 7° Where applicable, the designation of the Member States whose social and labour law legislation re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transmission

Article R1221-5

The pre-employment declaration is made electronically. If electronic means are not available, the declaration is made using a form laid down by order of the ministers responsible for labour and social…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…rainage system; 3° a hot water supply; 4° a shower room; 5° a toilet; 6° an electrical installation 7° a heating system 8° a natural or mechanical heat regulation system; 9° an air renewal system; 10°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-8

The Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment will send the employer who has not fulfilled the obligations in terms of equal pay for men and women as defined in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-10

…vestigations involving pharmacodynamic tests, stress tests, stimulation tests or provocation tests; 7° Installation of immobilisation systems after reduction; 8° Organ transplantation and tissue graft…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter X: Authorised bodies for the collection of private copy levies

Article R329-8

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 329-7, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 26: Fibres and textile products

Article R412-42

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 2 to 5, 7 to 17, 19, 20 and 26 as well as Annexes I to IX to Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliamen…

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