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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing and administrative control.

Article L3313-3

The profit-sharing agreement is filed with the competent administrative authority within a period and in accordance with procedures determined by regulation. If none of the bodies mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-37

…rcotics. This inventory is recorded in the special register of narcotics or in the computer records and, in the latter case, appended to the editions of the records and countersigned by the parties co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-33

…of the treatment if it is presented to the pharmacist between the third day prior to the operation and the three days following the planned date of discharge from the health establishment. In the cas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-36

All entries and withdrawals of substances and medicinal products classified as narcotics are recorded by the persons mentioned in article R. 5132-76 in a register or recorded by a specific computer sy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-35

…ejudice to the transcriptions mentioned in article R. 5132-10, the pharmacist shall record the name and address of the bearer of the prescription when this is not the patient. In addition, if the phar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R28

…the clerk's office of the court of appeal shall request from the clerk's office of the court which handed down the decision to dismiss, acquit or acquit the case the file of the criminal proceedings o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R36

Where it is clear that the applicant either does not meet the condition of having been remanded in custody during proceedings that have ended in his or her favour with a decision to dismiss, acquit or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R29

The applicant may have copies of the documents from the criminal proceedings delivered to him free of charge. Only his lawyer may take a copy of the file from the registry of the court of appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R34

…deems it necessary, hear the applicant, in the presence of his lawyer or the latter duly summoned, and in the presence of the judicial agent of the State and the public prosecutor or the latter duly…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R38

…president of the court of appeal is given in open court. This decision is notified to the applicant and the judicial agent of the State either by delivery of a copy against receipt, or by registered l…

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