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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Referral to the industrial tribunal

Article R1452-4

On receipt of the copies of the application and the form referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 1452-2, the court registry will summon the defendant by registered letter with acknowledgemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-4

…sessments referred to in 2° of article L. 6313-1 is to enable workers to analyse their professional and personal skills as well as their aptitudes and motivations in order to define a professional pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

The public prosecutor who chooses the simplified procedure communicates the prosecution file and his or her submissions to the president of the court. The president rules without prior discussion by m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union representation at group level

Article L2122-4

The representativeness of the trade union organisations at the level of all or part of the group is assessed in accordance with the rules defined in articles L. 2122-1 to L. 2122-3 relating to trade u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-4

…iation, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may request to exercise, in the name and on behalf of the department or the region, all or part of the competences devolved to one or oth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-40

If the imprisoned person is both remanded in custody and serving a sentence, only the liberty and custody judge has jurisdiction to hear applications made under article 803-8. However, if the liberty…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

In the event of an award of damages, where articles 706-15-1 and 706-15-2 are applicable, the convicted person present at the end of the hearing is informed that in the absence of voluntary payment wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Referral to the commission de surendettement des particuliers (household over-indebtedness commission)

Article R721-4

…a period of three months to examine the admissibility of the claim, notify it, investigate the case and decide on its orientation from the date of submission of the case.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-45

…by law, the doctor keeps a personal observation sheet for each patient; this sheet is confidential and contains up-to-date information necessary for diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The doctor's…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Relations with the State representative

Article L2121-40

At his request, the mayor receives from the representative of the State in the department the information necessary for the exercise of the municipality's attributions. At his request, the representat…

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