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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-8

I.-Without prejudice to its right to apply to the administrative court pursuant to articles L. 521-1, L. 521-2 or L. 521-3 of the Code of Administrative Justice, any person detained in a prison in app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-80

The conditions relating to the eligibility, electorate, composition of colleges, voting procedures, challenges, training, term and conditions of office, dismissal, protection of the employment contrac…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-80

In the event that the trader has not completed and supplied to the consumer on paper or on any other durable medium the withdrawal form provided for in 5° of Article L. 224-78, consumers have a withdr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-80

The representatives of the Corsican regional authority are elected to the Assembly of Corsica under the same conditions as the representatives of the département in accordance with the provisions of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-3

As soon as the investigation begins, the investigating judge must notify the victim of an offence that proceedings have been opened, of his or her right to bring a civil action and of the procedures f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-4

During the course of the investigation into the causes of death or the causes of a disappearance mentioned in the articles 74 and 74-1, the investigating judge shall proceed in accordance with the pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-1

On pain of nullity, the examining magistrate may only indict persons against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence making it likely that they may have participated, as perpetrator or accompl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-2

The examining magistrate may inform a person by registered letter that he or she has been summoned, within a period of not less than ten days and not more than two months, to appear for the first time…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-5

When requesting the opening of an investigation, the public prosecutor may, if the search to establish the truth for a crime or an offence punishable by a sentence of three years' imprisonment or more…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-80

Where a payment incident is the fault of any one of the holders of a collective account, with or without joint and several liability, the provisions of articles L. 131-72 and L. 131-73 shall apply ips…

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