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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-70-2

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 612-70-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4124-3-7

…f articles R. 4124-3-1 to R. 4124-3-3 are applicable to temporary suspension for professional incompetence.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-76

The police services or gendarmerie units are required, at the request of the judicial authorities alone, to issue as soon as possible to the persons referred to in articles 16 to 29 who have been subj…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-7

…the State must be equipped with a specific insurance certificate, the characteristics of which are set by the Minister for the Economy, if they are not specially registered.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-7

…ti-Doping Agency; 2° An international sports federation, subject to compliance with the conditions set out in 2° of article R. 232-41-4.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-74

The president of the regional court for secure detention, on referral from the sentence enforcement judge, may issue a search order against a detainee: 1° Who evades the detention measure to which he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-3

…pe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the context of the jobs for the future provided for in Section 8 of the same Chapter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Network of regional employment and training resource and information centres (Centres d'animation, de ressources et d'information sur la formation-observatoires régionaux de l'emploi et de la formation)

Article D6123-2-1

I.-The strategic orientations of the network of centres for animation, resources and information on training-regional employment and training observatories are set out in a three-year framework agreem…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-8-7

Pre-trial detainees exercise their right to maintain links with the outside world under the supervision of the judicial authority, under the conditions determined by the provisions of Title IV of Book…

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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 706-53-4

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 706-53-9 and 706-53-10, the information mentioned in Article 706-53-2 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on th…

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