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Showing 27312740 of 21543 articles for Art. Rép. Fromantin: AN 11-6-2013 n° 20830

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-63

The file shall retain for a period of three years information relating to the recordings and interrogations to which it is subject, specifying the capacity of the person or authority who carried out t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Reporting serious adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-67

…re provided during investigations, treatments, cosmetic medical procedures or preventive actions is an unexpected event with regard to the person's state of health and pathology, the consequences of w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Reporting serious adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-68

Any healthcare professional, regardless of where or how they practice, or any legal representative of a healthcare establishment, medico-social service establishment or independent cosmetic surgery fa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Reporting serious adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-69

…delay by one of the persons mentioned in the same article. It includes :1° The nature of the event and the circumstances in which it occurred or, failing that, was observed ;2° A statement of the ini…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO RESIDENCE IN FRANCE

Article L822-6

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to potential situations of exposure to an orphan radioactive source

Article R4451-60

…n establishments such as facilities for the recovery or recycling of metals, incineration centres, landfill sites and places characterised by large flows of transport and movement of goods, where orph…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-6

The bodies listed in Article D. 5427-4 are subject to audits by the Inspectorate General of Finances and by the accountants of the Directorate General of Public Finances. The latter will close the fun…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 62

I.-For the purposes of applying this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the EU and repealing Regul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-6

…r after the close of the poll for which the files were compiled. After this period, the files are transferred to the national archives. The departments of the Labour Relations Authority for Employment…

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