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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-1

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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 706-53-7

The information contained in the file shall be directly accessible, via a secure telecommunications system:1° To the judicial authorities;2° To officers of the judicial police, in the context of proce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings

Article 706-56-2

The register of personal data collected as part of judicial proceedings, kept by the criminal records department under the authority of the Minister of Justice and placed under the control of a magist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-19

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall have at its disposal the resources provided by the Banque de France.The Secretary General of the Autorité commits the expenditure of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6-1

I.-Any company which does not have a registered office in a Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and which has a branch in France wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-21

I.-The college of the Conseil des maisons de vente comprises: 1° Six representatives, elected in accordance with procedures laid down by decree by the Conseil d'Etat, from among the persons mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-2-2

I.-The conference and the commission mentioned respectively in articles L. 6161-2 and L. 6161-2-1 are responsible for ensuring the professional independence of practitioners and participating in the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-8

The application for leave to be a close carer must be accompanied by the following documents:1° A sworn statement of the applicant's family relationship with the person being cared for or of the assis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-17

I.-The person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved and preserved in the context of medically assisted procreation for a parental project in application of article L. 2141-1 is consulted each…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97

I. - The client, the project manager or the owner of buildings by nature or by destination, equipment, materials or articles who decides on an operation involving risks of exposure of workers to asbes…

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