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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-31

Decisions concerning the modification of the obligations to which the sentenced person is subject, relating to assignment times or exclusion zones, inclusion zones or buffer zones, shall be taken in a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-31

If the judge considers that the conditions of detention contrary to the applicant's dignity have been put an end to, he or she will find that there is no longer any need to rule on the merits of the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-31

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article R214-31

The investment of a UCITS in another UCITS governed by French or foreign law may not exceed the limit set in article R. 214-24 unless it has been authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers to b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-31

Information intended for beneficiaries and documents relating to the conditions and formalities to be met in order to benefit from a payment under the surety guarantee mechanism are written in French,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crédit maritime mutuel.

Article R512-31

The Minister responsible for maritime fisheries defines the conditions for granting loans to members of the Crédit Maritime Mutuel in application of the first paragraph of Article L. 512-68. Represent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for negotiating and concluding sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-31

The agreement is concluded for a fixed or indefinite period. In the absence of any stipulation in the agreement as to its duration, this is set at five years. When the agreement expires, it ceases to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-31

Establishments or organisations benefiting from the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1243-6 may sell tissues, their derivatives, cells or cell therapy preparations to manufacturers of in vitro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-31

I.-Any change to the information contained in the application for authorisation or renewal of authorisation must be brought to the attention of the establishment's supervisory ministers without delay.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R1313-31

A person subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 1451-2 must provide information to the public either in writing in the case of an article intended for the written press or dis…

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