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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-6

…e l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, under the conditions laid down inarticle R. 533-8 of the Environment Code, or of the Comité d'expertise des utilisations confinées d'organismes géné…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-9

In compliance with the contract of republican commitment mentioned in article L. 131-8, approved sports federations participate in the implementation of public service missions relating to the develop…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trade union representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2122-10

…It meets the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 and 2° of Article L. 2122-9;2° it has received at least 8% of the votes cast in these colleges, after adding up the results mentioned in 3° of Article L. 21…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-11

…as in the production of which no industrial process is involved, mentioned in 1° of article L. 1221-8, is authorised under the conditions defined in chapter III of this title.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Allocation

Article R2113-3

…his choice: 1° In the consultation documents or the presentation report referred to in article R. 2184-1, when acting as a contracting authority; 2° Among the information it keeps pursuant to articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Procedural rules applicable to crimes against humanity and war crimes

Article 627

For the application of the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed on 18 July 1998, France shall participate in the prosecution of offences and cooperate with that Court under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-44

…ritory, the document shall be transmitted in accordance with the forms provided for in articles 696-8 and 696-9, accompanied, where applicable, by a French translation. Service is made personally, at…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-10

…be used to submit the information mentioned in the application provided for in 2° of Article R. 333-8. The Autorité nationale des jeux and La Française des jeux define the technical procedures for tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L1534-6

With the exception of articles L. 1271-1, L. 1271-7 and L. 1271-8, the provisions of Chapter I of Title VII of Book II of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. Per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-5

…homotrician on a principal basis for at least three years during the ten years prior to the date of 8 May 1988 and who have passed, within three years of this date, the test of knowledge provided for…

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