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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-19

…e Assembly of Martinique are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in Article L. 7227-17 the rate of 60%.The rules of procedure determine the conditions under which the amount of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-22

…or submits a claim for compensation to the Commission d'indemnisation des victimes d'infraction, he may identify himself by his administrative registration number. The court or commission may have acc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-30

…een authorised as delegates of the public prosecutor under the conditions laid down in this section may be designated by the latter to be entrusted with one of the missions provided for in 1° to 4° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-80

…rson concerned by the judicial measure for the prevention of terrorist recidivism and reintegration may at any time inform the sentence enforcement judge of the Paris judicial court of any changes in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal proceedings

Article D1247-1

…anisation. It also states: 1° That the action is being taken by the trade union organisation, which may itself appeal against the judgement; 2° That the employee may, at any time, intervene in the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-9

…cy, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation for a maximum period of three months. II. - Withdrawal of the authoris…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-29

…334-30 and in the last paragraph of article R. 2334-31. No request for payment from the beneficiary may be made after this period has expired. However, the Prefect may exceptionally, by reasoned decis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-17

The sentence enforcement judge or the president of the sentence enforcement court may ask the prison administration representative to develop his opinion orally during the adversarial debate. The sent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The enforcement court.

Article D49-4

…ject to the provisions of Article D. 49-5, are called in the order of their appointment. This order may be modified during the year if the judge is absent or unable to attend. In urgent cases, this or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R621-47

…ractual public-sector employees and private-sector employees of the Autorité des marchés financiers may be employed on a full-time or part-time basis, for a fixed or indefinite period. Civil servants,…

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