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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-13

The authorisation referred to in Article 706-95-12 shall be the subject of a written order giving reasons by reference to the factual and legal elements justifying that these operations are necessary.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Financial arrangements for the guarantee fund.

Article A421-4-7

The composition of the guarantee fund's investment portfolio may not exceed the following ceilings: 1° 40% for all listed shares ; 2° 6% for unlisted equities ; 3° 6% for all unlisted infrastructure i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-8

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or withdraw a compassionate access authorisation if the conditions laid down in I, II and V…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-72-2

I.-The non-viable nature of the activity referred to in 3° of article L. 5424-25 corresponds to a drop of at least 30% in the income declared by the self-employed person for income tax purposes corres…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-7-1

I.-For the application of article L. 132-22 to the contracts mentioned in articles L. 143-1 and L. 144-2, the following information is provided annually: 1° The exact reference date of the information…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-7-1

The duration of the apprenticeship contract, when it is concluded for a limited period, or of the apprenticeship period, when the apprenticeship contract is concluded for an indefinite period, varies…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-3

Officers of the judicial police, assisted, where appropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-7-1

In the event of a civil conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products and the materials and implements used…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-3

The public prosecutor or the competent investigating judge shall have the information to be included in the file recorded without delay via a secure means of telecommunication. However, this informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of compassionate access authorisations

Article R5121-74-11

Any measures taken by the holder of the exploitation rights to disseminate any information relating to the compassionate access authorisation from which it benefits to the healthcare professionals con…

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