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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 500-1

Unless it occurs less than two months before the date of the hearing before the court of appeal, the withdrawal by the accused or the civil party of his principal appeal shall result in the lapse of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 513-1

The person responsible for verifying and approving the accounts may make use of the right of communication provided for in the second paragraph of article 510, without being able to be opposed to prof…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259-5

The judge's decision authorising, pursuant to articles 485 and 493 of the Civil Code, the future protection agent or an ad hoc agent to perform acts not covered by the mandate may only be appealed by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-2

…ed that :1° It complies with articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-3 ; 2° The procedure for informing and consulting the social and economic committee has been properly carried out;3° Whether the employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Community harmonisation

Article R5121-51-12

…the coordination group referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council a list of medicinal products for which he considers it necessary to harmonise the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D2123-22-5

To be eligible for the financial assistance provided by article L. 2123-18-4, the elected representatives concerned must produce any document justifying the use of a universal employment-service vouch…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Individuals

Article 1144-5

The divorce agreement shall fix the apportionment of its costs between the spouses subject to the application of the provisions of Article 123 of Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 where one of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the French Polynesia Local Finance Committee.

Article R2573-58-2

…the territorial allocation for investment by the communes between the communes of French Polynesia and their public establishments for inter-communal cooperation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-5

Reasons shall be given for the decision rejecting the application for a declaration of enforceability.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-5

The rejection of an application to set aside or halt provisional enforcement by operation of law and the reinstatement of provisional enforcement by operation of law may be made subject, at the reques…

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