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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

…judicial police officers;2° Civil servants in the active services of the national police, permanent and probationary, who do not have the status of judicial police officers;3° (Repealed);4° (Repealed)…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual limitation periods.

Article 2254

…arrears of annuities, maintenance payments, rents, tenancies, rental charges, interest on sums lent and, generally, to actions for payment of anything payable by years or on shorter periodic terms.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for overseas departments.

Article R*214-1

…he provisions of this Title shall apply in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion, subject to the provisions of this Section.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-25-1

…omising the smooth running of the ballot, the national technical committee may take any information and safeguard measures and, if necessary, decide to suspend the voting operations.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-22-1

Suspension and cancellation for non-payment of a premium in respect of property insurance contracts covering damage to goods carried shall have no effect in respect of bona fide third parties who are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-22-1

…of one fifth of its members, the departmental council deliberates on the creation of an information and assessment mission, tasked with gathering information on an issue of departmental interest or as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

…of the decision is, in all cases, sent by the sentence enforcement judge to the academic authority and, where applicable, to the head of the school concerned; the sentence enforcement judge also info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-20-1

The employer must prove that he has referred the matter to the accredited body or the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire within the time limit set.It shall forward the results to the o…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3143-2-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3142-36 to L. 3142-41, relating to mutual training leave, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a third-cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-1

…eneral of the Agence de la biomédecine, sets the model for the annual consultation referred to in I and specifies the procedures.

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