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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Sale of seized movable property

Article R15-33-66-3

…s paragraph. The public prosecutor shall then issue him with a certificate in the light of which he may request the Caisse des dépôts et consignations that the sums deposited be paid to him without de…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 347

…application for recusal or referral on grounds of legitimate suspicion was brought to its attention may not be called into question. However, a decision rendered by the court or tribunal which dispose…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 345

…t or tribunal of jurisdiction of the member whose challenge is sought. However, the First President may, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor, order that any judicial decision be staye…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 346

…oncerns the juge des libertés et de la détention ruling in the disputes referred to in article L. 213-8 of the code de l'organisation judiciaire, the first president shall rule promptly.The clerk of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 372

…ntal authority jointly. Parental authority is exercised jointly in the case provided for in article 342-11.However, where parentage is established with regard to one of them more than one year after t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of acts of other administrative authorities and bodies

Article A112-36

…nt to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-35

Where a call for competition is made by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system, access to the consultation documents shall be provided as soon as possible and no later than the d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-36

Where certain consultation documents are not published on a buyer profile because the contracting entity imposes requirements on the selected participants to protect the confidentiality of certain inf…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Journalists accompanying Members of Parliament

Article R744-39

…administrative files, or, in a holding facility, the person in charge of the facility or his deputy may only oppose his entry for imperative reasons relating to security, good order, the public intere…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37

All volunteer firefighters or volunteers on civic service with the firefighters benefit, from the start of their period of commitment, from initial training and, subsequently, from ongoing training.

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