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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Arrangements for placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article R61-10

The commission may request the appearance of the sentenced person before giving its opinion. This appearance may be made by a means of telecommunication in accordance with the provisions of Article 70…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative and litigation procedure

Article D312-3

A commission reporting to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Interior is responsible for examining administrative appeals against decisions to refuse long-stay visas taken by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7

…ospices civils de Lyon and the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Marseille, the institutional medical commission may delegate to a local institutional medical commission some of its consultative powers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1804

…with a protected designation of origin or geographical indication is exceeded ; - in Chapter IV of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-17

The employee is entitled to maternity leave for a period starting six weeks before the presumed date of childbirth and ending ten weeks after the date of childbirth.At the request of the employee and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-359

…the death of the practitioner, the practitioner or, in the event of death, his heirs shall receive compensation proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken. The daily amount of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519-2

…ath of the practitioner, the practitioner or, in the event of death, his beneficiaries will receive compensation proportional to the number of days of annual leave not taken. The daily amount of this…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-18

…e 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy do not prevent the communication, to the competent authorities of the Member States of the European Union and to the Eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-41

I. - The Commission Nationale des Sanctions (National Enforcement Committee) receives reports or procedures drawn up following inspections carried out by the administrative authorities referred to in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Public contracts concluded in application of international rules

Article L2512-1

…2° An international agreement or administrative arrangement concluded between a Member State of the European Union and one or more third States or a subdivision thereof, relating to works, supplies or…

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