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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RESIDENCE ASSIGNMENTS

Article L732-9

The house arrest decisions provided for in articles L. 731-4 and L. 731-5 are accompanied by a work permit.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

Officers or agents of the judicial police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-97

The decision authorising use of the device referred to in Article 706-96 includes all the information needed to identify the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-9

When investment service providers other than portfolio management companies trade over-the-counter financial instruments that are economically equivalent to commodity derivatives, units referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Setting up the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2313-9

When justified by the nature and importance of problems common to companies on the same site or in the same area, an inter-company collective agreement concluded between the employers of the companies…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article L624-9

Claims on movables may only be made within three months of publication of the judgment initiating the proceedings.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-310-3

Practitioners from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to the profession of midwife underarticle L. 4002-5 of the Public Health…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for nitrox

Article A322-95

The practice of diving with nitrox mixes is subject to proof of nitrox aptitude for the divers and the person supervising the group in accordance with the table in Annex III-17 a. The conditions for d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-30

Revenue for the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service is made up in particular of:1° Annual contributions from the department, communes and public establishments for inter-communal coope…

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