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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 57-1

…lice or, under their responsibility, officers of the judicial police may, in the course of a search carried out under the conditions provided for in this code, access via a computer system located on…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

The application for provisional approval must be accompanied by the following information and supporting documents:1° A presentation of the cinematographic or audiovisual work in French or English, in…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

…article 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hearing of the enforcement judge;2° An indicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-5

…ormation on the donor. The donor's file contains: 1° The donor's written consent, expressed in application of article L. 1244-2; 2° The personal and family medical history, collected in application of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4314-5

…es of verifying the compliance of equipment with the design, manufacturing and marketing rules applicable to it and obtaining evidence of any non-compliance, the market surveillance authorities and au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-56

…ting to the remuneration of directors, teachers and external contributors, administrative and technical staff assigned to the training schools and institutes ; b) Allowances for training periods and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-5

…ent, the sentence enforcement court, on the advice of a commission of five judges from the Court of Cassation responsible for assessing whether there are grounds for terminating the application of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-51

The declaration is made up of a letter signed by the legal representative of the applicant organisation and a supporting file, entered using a teleservice. The letter describes the activity and certif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

Each shareholding local authority or group of local authorities is entitled to at least one representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board, appointed from among its members by the relev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55

…nishment of a person subject to a resolution procedure may be written down or converted into Tier 1 capital instruments in order to pursue one or other of the following objectives: 1° To recapitalise…

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