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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-3

The order made pursuant to Article 704-2 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Vigilance measures.

Article L5222-3

The obligations of notification to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products or of information incumbent, under the vigilance exercised over the devices mentioned in Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R221-3

The minutes provided for in Article R. 221-2 are drawn up in a special register kept at the registered office and listed and initialled either by a judge of the commercial court, or by a judge of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Adoption, revision and evaluation of the national health strategy

Article R1411-3

Prior to the adoption or revision of the national health strategy, a public consultation is organised on the initiative of the Minister for Health. This consultation concerns the objectives and priori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-3

I.-The emoluments of the court-appointed administrator are, for the performance of the duties resulting from the application of Titles II to IV of Book VI of the legislative part of this code, subject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for admission to the profession and to other judicial and legal professions

Article R742-36

A commission is set up to issue proposals for exemption from the training period provided for in article R. 742-35; it is composed as follows:1° Three commercial court clerks appointed on the proposal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-34

The sentence enforcement judge may, without proceeding with the adversarial debate provided for in Article 712-6, declare by reasoned order that a request for sentence adjustment is inadmissible pursu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Constitution and organisation of the medical reserve

Article D3132-3

I.-The conclusion or renewal of the contract of engagement is subject to the reservist submitting to the Director General of the National Public Health Agency a certificate attesting to his or her med…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article A134-3

The registrar shall inform the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register of the filing of the declaration so that the latter can request bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

The joint training mentioned in Article L. 2212-1 is carried out as part of : 1° For employees, either the economic, social and trade union training leave provided for in article L. 2145-5, or the tra…

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