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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-8

…agistrates from the Public Prosecutor's Office and magistrates from the Court of First Instance who carry out criminal duties: a) In all judicial courts and courts of appeal, for the sole purpose of p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L1811-3

…he single title of Book I of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below are applicable to the communes and their groupings in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-5

…premises for a period of not more than forty-eight hours from the date of issue of the statement of case; (b) the person concerned must be allowed to remain in the premises for a period of not more th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-38

…and R. 236-36 and in 1° and 2° of article R. 236-38, the following information: 1° The proposed allocation, for the benefit of the members of the company contributing part of its assets, of the shares…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 58

…es may, if they have not already done so since the dispute arose, give the judge, in the joint application, the task of ruling as amiable compositeur or bind him by the qualifications and points of la…

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

Article 509-8

Applications made pursuant to Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-6

Failure to draw up a fixed-term employment contract in writing and to include a precise definition of the reason for the contract, in breach of the first paragraph of article L. 1242-12, is punishable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-3

Where the project promoter is a local authority, the provider of equity crowdfunding services shall inform it and the investors of the offences set out in Articles 432-10 to 432-12 of the French Penal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-24

…r compliance with the conditions set out in articles L. 1441-6 to L. 1441-17 relating to individual candidacies.This control also applies to the person mentioned in article L. 1441-12 who gives a mand…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-6

When the number of full or partner commercial court clerks practising within the office falls below half the number of salaried commercial court clerks, the office holder has a period of one year to c…

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