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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-10

…he empowerment provided for in Article LO 6461-7 may not be amended, by law or by regulation as the case may be, unless expressly stated.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R23-4

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and in the first paragraph of Article 142-3, the sums returned to the person prosecuted are increased, where applicable, by accrued in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Shipments

Article R158

In all cases where the documents of a proceeding are sent, the court clerk is required to attach an inventory, which he shall draw up free of charge, as prescribed in article 586.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-15

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and in article L. 1262-2, the documents and information sent to the employer are also sent to the user undertaking or the principal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Safety

Article R1331-61

…mmodation unit has an independent door fitted with a security device, such as a lock or bolt.In the case of a collective entrance, access to the rooms is independent of the public house.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article R651-2

For the application of Article L. 651-2, the matter shall be referred to the court, as the case may be, by writ of summons or in the forms and according to the procedure provided for in Article R. 631…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-13

…paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 is forwarded by the latter to the judge assigned to the case and to the public prosecutor.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: BODIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY

Article R2124-5

In the cases provided for in l'article L. 2124-7, the decree suspending the municipal council or the deliberative body of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation is issued on the proposa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-24

Where the Commission rules as a panel, pursuant to Article L. 2333-87-4, the case shall be heard either by a chamber sitting as a panel or by the Commission sitting as a full Commission.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the islands of Wallis and Futuna

Article D605

…manded in custody may be incarcerated in another premises by decision of the magistrate hearing the case, in accordance with Article 868.

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