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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial penalties

Article R5145-8

…nalty payment. This penalty payment is notified in accordance with the same procedural rules as the main sanction. The amount of the daily penalty is calculated from the date of notification of the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article D8255-1

The employee is informed of the legal action envisaged by the representative trade union organisation in application of article L. 8255-1 by any means giving a date certain. This information specifies…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R6147-125

The Committee is convened by its Chairman at least once every three months and as often as necessary. A meeting may be called at the request of at least half of the voting members. The agenda, which s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 275

…of eight years, in the form of periodic payments indexed in accordance with the rules applicable to maintenance payments. The debtor may request a review of these payment arrangements in the event of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 152

The magistrates or judicial police officers assigned to carry out the investigation exercise, within the limits of the letter rogatory, all the powers of the investigating judge. However, the judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 212-2

When it declares that there are no grounds to follow up on the outcome of an investigation opened on the basis of a civil party, the investigating chamber may, at the request of the public prosecutor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-14

The Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique may only deliberate if at least five of its members are present. If this quorum is not reached, the Commission is reconvened on the same a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-20

Inventions that are the subject of international applications filed with the National Institute of Industrial Property may not be disclosed and freely exploited until authorisation has been granted to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 781

The Pre-Trial Judge shall set, as and when required, the time limits necessary for the hearing of the case, having regard to the nature, urgency and complexity of the case, and after seeking the opini…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-5

…Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.The provisions of this article do not apply to maintenance debts.

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