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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: List of ad hoc administrators

Article R53-1

…e jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal or neighbouring Courts of Appeal;4° Not have been the perpetrator of acts that have given rise to a criminal conviction or disciplinary or administrative sanction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-5

…the holder's current account are carried out in accordance with the general regulations applicable to passbook accounts.II. - An order by the Minister for the Economy sets out the list of transaction…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Request for a formal statement of position

Article R1824-1

…ly in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-1-1

…° of I of Article 464-2, Article 474 and the article 723-15 of this code shall be assessed taking into account, where appropriate, of: 1° The total or partial revocation of a simple suspended sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-22

The personal training account of the worker referred to in article L. 6323-25 is topped up by 500 euros per year worked, up to a maximum of 5,000 euros. When the worker has not worked for a full year,…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Association with the public hospital service

Article R6112-7

Private establishments authorised to carry out the care activity mentioned in 14° of article R. 6122-25 are associated with the public hospital service. An amendment to their multiannual contract of o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-19

The services listed under numbers 79 to 92 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 79 Summon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-20

If, from the time of the customer's request, the following services are performed within a period shorter than the reference period specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

Where an investigative measure ordered abroad pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member St…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-19

…allied armies; 5° (Paragraph repealed); 6° Foreign nationals who have rendered exceptional services to France or whose naturalisation is of exceptional interest to France. In this case, the naturalisa…

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