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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 993

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 990 or to Article 992 is replac…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1442

The arbitration agreement takes the form of an arbitration clause or an arbitration agreement. An arbitration clause is the agreement by which the parties to one or more contracts undertake to submit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-5

For the application of articles D. 1432-2, D. 1432-7 and D. 1432-11 to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the reference to article D. 1432-1 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1442…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional journalists

Article D7522-1

The procedures for applying the provisions of articles R. 7111-2 to R. 7111-35, relating to the professional identity card and the professional journalists' identity card commission, are determined in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-71

Practitioners working in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to contributi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-529

Assistants working in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to contributions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-1

Associate practitioners working in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 498-1

For a judgment sentencing a person to a fixed term of imprisonment or a term of imprisonment suspended in part, handed down under the conditions provided for in article 410 and which has not been serv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-16

The single, simplified declaration makes it possible to comply with : 1° The declarations provided for by the following provisions, or required for their application: a) Articles 87 A and 87-0 A of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-2

The communes, départements and regions regulate the affairs of their jurisdiction by their deliberations.Under the conditions laid down by law, they have regulatory powers for the exercise of their ju…

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