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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-14

…public prosecutor shall without delay send to the registry of the criminal division of the Court of Cassation, together with his or her observations, if any, and those of the parties, the contested ju…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…sion or use of rockets or fireworks of any kind in a sports arena during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.By…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Appeals against decisions by the Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority

Article R331-44

The decisions of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique mentioned in articles R. 331-36 to R. 331-38 and R. 331-41 are notified by registered letter with acknowledge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-77

…of Association. However, electronic remote voting forms may be received by the Company up to 3 p.m. Paris time at the latest on the day before the General Meeting.Correspondence voting forms received…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-59

…rer.Each holder of one of the above positions is elected by the general meeting, separately in that capacity by a separate vote;Three to eight other members, elected at the next general meeting, conve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…itions laid down in articles 16-1 A or 20-1 of this code; 1° quater Controllers under the status of Parisian administrations carrying out their duties in the public thoroughfare speciality and Paris s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Industries dealing with perishable materials or having to respond to an extraordinary increase in workload

Article R3132-1

Establishments in the industries listed in the following table, which allocate the weekly rest period to all employees on the same day, benefit from the suspension of the weekly rest period provided f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

…OPOSALS FOR APPROPRIATE LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS I.-Minister responsible for national education -Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED) when it provides, on behalf of the State, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3136-1

…ly on municipal territory, on territory for which they are sworn or on the territory of the City of Paris and when they do not require any investigative action on their part.The application of crimina…

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