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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Combating illegal employment

Article 122-16

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée notes the failure of beneficiaries of financial aid to comply with their obligations relating to the fight against illegal employment, offences again…

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

Article L5124-18

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which any undertaking comprising at least one pharmaceutical establishment must be owned by a pharmacist or by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-18

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 1413-3 and L. 1413-8, a reference medical biology laboratory for specific medical biology tests or for specific pathologies, within the meaning of pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…for Culture under the conditions defined by articles 20-5 to 20-8 and 20-10 to 20-13 of decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 relating to the competence of public archive services and to cooperation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R3123-16

In support of its application, the candidate shall produce a declaration on its honour certifying: 1° That it is not the subject of any exclusion from participation in the procedure for awarding conce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-16

In accordance with the provisions of articles 39-3 and 495-22, the Public Prosecutor of the Judicial Court of Rennes is competent to: 1° Where the information in the official report does not comply wi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-12

Only the following are authorised to carry out DNA identifications: 1° The technical and forensic police services or organisations referred to in article 157-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Pe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition and operation of the artistic committee

Article R2372-16

The provisions of articles R. 2172-18 and R. 2172-19 apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-16

…cases of which he has been notified correspond to the reporting criteria defined in article R. 1413-79. When this case or these cases correspond to one of these criteria, this practitioner, when he is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-16

Where the wearing of a mobile anti-collision device provided for in article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code is requested by either of the parties, any information relating to the family situation shall be…

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