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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 533

The articles 388-1,388-2,388-3,388-4 and 390 to 392-1 are applicable before the police court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 531

The Police Court is seised of offences within its jurisdiction either by referral to it by the investigating court, or by the voluntary appearance of the parties, or by summons issued directly to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-54

The attending doctor referred to inarticle L. 162-5-3 of the Social Security Code has access to all the data contained in the shared medical record. The holder may grant one or more professionals auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rights of authorised professionals

Article R1111-53

…concerning the patient's state of health entered in the shared medical record should not be brought to the patient's attention unaccompanied, he or she may make this data temporarily inaccessible to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration.

Article R6152-515

…lly performed as a senior university hospital assistant or university hospital assistant is taken into account as part of the seniority as a specialist assistant for the calculation of the monthly lum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration.

Article R6152-514

…tants receive after service has been rendered: 1° Flat-rate monthly emoluments which vary according to whether they are generalists or specialists, and which vary according to seniority, the amount of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-50

…e employees directly. In this case, within three days of publication of the offer document referred to in III of Article L. 621-8 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the offeror shall forward it to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-52

Articles L. 2312-45 to L. 2312-51 of this Code do not apply to the offers referred to in Articles L. 225-207 and L. 22-10-62 of the French Commercial Code or when the company is the subject of a publi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-51

…cquired control of the company which is the subject of the offer within the meaning of Articles L. 233-1, L. 233-3 and L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, it shall report to the social and economic comm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article R613-57

…egal form, address and corrections of material errors shall be entered at the request of the proprietor of the patent application or patent, who must be the proprietor entered in the National Patent R…

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