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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-9

In the event of infringement of the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D46-6-1

Service remains valid even if it was effected after the expiry of the forty-five day period provided for in Article 559-1 or the three-month period set by the public prosecutor or the civil party.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities.

Article D424-4-1

Without prejudice to Article 78 of the aforementioned Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 and for the application of Article L. 424-7, the multilateral trading facility as a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article D4031-45-1

The annual rate of the contribution is set, by profession, as follows: 1° For doctors: 0.5% ; 2° For dental surgeons, pharmacists and responsible biologists: 0.3% ; 3° For nurses, masseur-physiotherap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article D441-3-1

The provisions of Article L. 441-8 do not apply to contracts of sale containing stipulations justifying their classification as financial contracts within the meaning of III of Article L. 211-1 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-5

I. - The establishments or organisations mentioned in article L. 513-11-1 shall appoint a person responsible for the collection activity, who shall ensure compliance with the regulations relating to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-25-1

When the person referred to the trial court is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment with a deferred committal order issued with provisional execution, the obligations of electronically monitored…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XI: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D47-1-42

When conducting investigations in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 696-114, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor is assisted by a court clerk under the same conditions as the invest…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Childhood obesity prevention pathways-provisions common to health centres and nursing homes

Article D6323-25-1

The child obesity prevention pathway referred to in 7° of article L. 6323-1-1 and in article L. 6323-3 is made up of a basket of care, subject to medical prescription, which includes a physical activi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-1

The personal data recorded relating to the user of the automated processing is as follows: 1° Surnames, first names and title; 2° The authorisation granted to the user for the appointment of labour tr…

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