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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 395

If the maximum term of imprisonment provided for by law is at least equal to two years, the public prosecutor, where it appears to him that the charges brought are sufficient and the case is ready for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397

When the case is referred to the court pursuant to articles 395 and 396, third paragraph, the presiding judge establishes the identity of the accused, his lawyer having been notified. He warns the acc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 396

In the case provided for in the previous article, if it is impossible for the court to meet on the same day and if the elements of the case appear to him to require a measure of provisional detention,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-3

I.-The information referred to in I and II of Article L. 228-2 and in Article L. 228-3 is, for each security owner, as follows: 1° Those listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commissi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-39

The provisions of this section apply to the following young people aged between fifteen and eighteen: 1° Apprentices and holders of professionalisation contracts ; 2° Vocational training trainees; 3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-5-1

The fixed-term employment contract of an occupational health physician may only be terminated before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or medical unfitness, or on expiry of the term when th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-51

I. - The sums available for distribution by a general purpose investment fund are made up of :1° Net income plus retained earnings plus or minus the balance of the income equalisation account;2° Reali…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-3

…ing the leasing facility is considered to be a user within the meaning of Article 5 b of Ordonnance n° 67-837 of 28 September 1967.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-58-1

Professionals from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to practise the profession of nurse in France underarticle L. 4002-5 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L754-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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