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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-2

…pointed by the most representative organisations of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service; 3° Thr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-32

Notice of the hearing is sent to the parties at least thirty days before the day on which the case is due to be heard.For cases covered by Article L. 532-7 where the decision of the French Office for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-34-3

The training provided for in Article L. 225-30-2 and Article L. 225-23 ensures that directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and to directors elected by e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-20

…eferred to in article R. 5131-21; 2° The fraction exceeding the amount set in 1° of article D. 5131-23 of the total resources referred to in article R. 5131-22, weighted by the degressivity coefficien…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article A36-16

…the receipt for the complaint lodged for the offence of identity theft provided for in Article 434-23 of the Criminal Code; 2° In the case provided for in 2° of Article A. 36-15, a copy of the driver…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Administrative police measures

Article L532-4

Failure to carry out measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 521-23 and L. 521-24 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to titles.

Article R231-1

…les relating to breaches of the provisions of article R. 213-13 are defined inarticle 242 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-24

…e standardised models for the statistical statements referred to in articles R. 1614-22 and R. 1614-23 are set by joint orders of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Sea.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: EC type-examination.

Article R5211-41-1

…table medical device manufactured utilising tissues of animal origin referred to in Article R. 5211-23-1, the authorised body shall assess, in accordance with the procedures specified in Article 5(2)…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of the joint regional inter-trade committee

Article L2411-25

…n employee who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1 may only take place after authorisation from the Labour Inspector. This authorisation is al…

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