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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles.

Article L2261-17

In the event of the absence or failure of employees' or employers' organisations to act, resulting in the persistent impossibility of concluding an agreement or arrangement in a given branch of activi…

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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 R312-7-3

A person whose appeal has been rejected by the Deputy Director of Visas may apply to the Administrative Court to have this decision annulled within the time limits laid down in Articles R. 421-1 and R…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-3

The assets representing commitments relating to several agreements, where they are not recorded separately in the accounts for each of these agreements, are deemed, in particular for each closing of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose.

Article L5134-100

The purpose of the contract relating to the activities of adult intermediaries is to improve relations between the residents of these neighbourhoods and public services, as well as social relations in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Physician or pharmacist assigned to a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6213-7-2

The application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 6213-7-1 shall be sent to the Minister for Health by any means capable of providing a date certain, accompanied by a dossier, the compositio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-19 (art. A322-78)

You can consult the files at the following address(Official Journal of the European Union No. 45 of 22 February 2012, text No. 44): https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pdf?id=II6wG-ToNyv0Gzqpt8HVX…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-6

Without prejudice to the application of articles 706-25-11 and 706-25-12, the information mentioned in Article 706-25-4 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on the death of the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-71

Any request to make information available shall be the subject of a report by the judicial police officer indicating the recipient of the request and the nature of the information requested. In the ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-73

A copy of the protocol shall be sent by the body or legal entity to the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés when completing the formalities provided for by loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-74

The judicial police officer notes receipt of the information requested in the report and either prints it out on paper or saves it in full on a digital medium that complies with the technical standard…

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