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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-1

When serving in the national police's operational reserve, retired national police officers who were judicial police officers during their active service may be authorised, under the terms and conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article R742-6-1

Candidates for the competition for access to the profession of commercial court clerk may be persons who meet the conditions mentioned in 1° to 6° of Article R. 742-1. The competition is held once a y…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure for compensation by substitution of the Office

Article R1142-63-17

If, at the end of the period provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 1142-63-13, the persons considered liable by the College or their insurers have not made an offer of compensation to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6-3

I.-The authorisation is granted for a period of five years, with no tacit renewal possible. It is valid for the whole of the department. The prefectoral decree authorising an organisation in applicati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-2

Payments made by court-appointed administrators and judicial representatives to the institutions mentioned inarticle L. 3253-14 of the Labour Code in application of articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-16 and…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 D-3

The following do not give rise to a prior exchange of views: 1° Decisions leading to the notification of offences provided for in this Code and decisions to carry out the checks provided for in Chapte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5-1

The Eurojust Agency, acting as a College, may address to the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge a written and reasoned opinion on how to resolve a conflict of jurisdiction or on recurrent di…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status.

Article R421-6-3

The implied decision referred to in 1° of article R. * 421-6-1 arises at the end of a period of three months following the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° of the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-6

I. - When they wish to benefit from a temporary work permit in application of the provisions of the fifth paragraph of article L. 4221-12, persons who are refugees, stateless persons or beneficiaries…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6-1

A personalised employment access project is drawn up and updated jointly by the jobseeker and Pôle emploi or, where provided for in an agreement with Pôle emploi, an organisation participating in the…

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