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

Article R53-4

Every four years, the ad hoc administrators on the list provided for in Article R. 53 make a new application for registration, which is processed in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 53-3.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised assessment and protective measures

Article D1-4

The personalised assessment is carried out by the judicial police officer or agent who interviews the victim. He mentions, in the victim's interview report or in any other document attached to the pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article R642-4

The judgment adopting the business sale plan is communicated by the registrar to the persons mentioned in Article R. 621-7 and is advertised as provided for in article R. 621-8. It is served at the re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-49

When the judicial liquidation proceedings are resumed after having been closed and the liquidator has benefited from the compensation provided for in Article L. 663-3, any request for a fee in respect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Single registration

Article R546-4

The register of persons referred to in I of article L. 546-1 includes information relating to the identity, activity and, where applicable, the category of the persons concerned. This information is s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional provisions

Article R3141-4

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3141-10, the starting point of the period taken into account for the calculation of leave entitlement is set at 1st June of each year. Howe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Assignment of sums due by way of remuneration

Article R3252-48

In the event of the seizure of a sum due by way of remuneration that has been previously assigned, the court clerk will notify the assignee of the seizure deed, informing him that, pursuant to article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-4

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 3661-5, supplemented, for programmes,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Risk assessment

Article R4433-4

The results of the measurements are communicated to the occupational physician so that they can be kept with the medical file of exposed workers. They are made available to the members of the social a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-4

In the case of an application for authorisation to practise for the purpose of establishment, where the commission's opinion includes a more restrictive proposal for partial access and the applicant's…

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