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

Article 63-9

…r responsible for being notified of police custody, monitoring its progress, ordering its extension and deciding on the outcome of the measure is the one under whose direction the investigation is bei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-9

…contracts concluded by the grouping shall be drawn up in writing. They shall include in particular:1° The conditions of employment and remuneration ;2° The employee's professional qualifications ;3°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-9

…e mayor's police powers cover the method of transporting deceased persons, the maintenance of order and decency in cemeteries, burials and exhumations, without it being permissible to make distinction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.

Article L723-9

…e same commercial court. The right to vote may be exercised by post or by electronic means.Notwithstanding the first paragraph, one or more additional votes may be allocated to the electors mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Judicial representatives.

Article L812-9

The provisions relating to the supervision, inspection and discipline of judicial administrators set out in articles L. 811-11 to L. 811-15-1 are applicable to judicial representatives. The national r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4434-9

…he ratio between the population of the overseas regions, as resulting from the last general census, and the population of all the regions and the territorial collectivity of Corsica. The amount of thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Wages and working hours.

Article L6325-9

The holder of a professionalisation contract who is at least twenty-six years old receives, for the duration of the fixed-term contract or the professionalisation action under the open-ended contract,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-9

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 5124-2, public health establishments manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1991 may apply for the authorisati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Article L5132-9

When they have the status of Community goods and are coming from or going to other Member States of the European Union, medicinal products, substances or preparations classified as narcotics or to whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-9

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Failure by a marketing authorisation holder or a pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product to constitute the safety st…

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