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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-4

The procedure provided for in Articles 1011 to 1022 shall apply to appeals brought pursuant to Articles 17 and 18 of law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-6

Ventilation must be permanent and designed to function in all seasons without causing discomfort to consultants. The minimum temperature of the premises must never be lower than 18°.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-61

Consent to the execution of a will or gift between spouses (number 6 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A proportional fee, according to the following scale, if the consent is equivalent t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-6

The following articles of the Electoral Code are applicable to preparatory polling operations and the conduct of voting operations: 1° Article R. 40 relating to the division of voters into polling sta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-62

Persons entered in the file pursuant to the first paragraph of B of II of article 19 de la loi n° 2015-912 du 25 juillet 2015 may apply to the juge des libertés et de la détention for the deletion of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to infant consultations.

Article R2132-6

Ventilation must be permanent and designed so that it can operate in all seasons without causing discomfort. The minimum temperature of the premises must never be lower than 18°C.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69

The initiative-emploi contract is a private law employment contract for an indefinite or fixed term concluded in application of article L. 1242-3. Where it is concluded for a fixed term, the renewal r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-6

…roperty of the local authority that already exercised jurisdiction and this is confirmed by the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition de compétences entre les communes, les départeme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-60

The statutory auditors of the feeder general-purpose investment fund, the AIF or the master UCITS shall exchange the information necessary to fulfil their respective obligations.The General Regulation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-61

The feeder general-purpose investment fund shall monitor the activity of the master AIF or UCITS. In order to fulfil this obligation, it may rely on the information and documents received from the mas…

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