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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-2

…ent criminal court. If the case is referred to the assize court, the time limits set out in article 181 are then applicable. If the case is referred to the departmental criminal court, the time limits…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-1

…hall be indicted by the investigating judge, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 181, before the departmental criminal court, unless there are one or more co-accused who do not meet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 183-1

At the request of a victim who has filed a complaint but has not joined as a civil party, the order dismissing the case, once it has become final, shall be brought to the victim's attention by any mea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter X: Compensatory interest in the inward processing arrangements.

Article 181 bis

1. Compensatory interest charged in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Community regulations applicable to inward processing arrangements under the suspension system shall be assessed and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-18

…elieve the statutory auditor of his duties in accordance with the procedures set out inArticle L. 823-7 of the Commercial Code. The Autorité des marchés financiers may also report the infringement to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-18

The transfer of individual rights from a collective company pension savings plan to another pension savings plan before leaving the company is only possible up to a limit of one transfer every three y…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18

…t on the collective termination of employment concluded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1237-19 to L. 1237-19-8, or in companies that have concluded a collective agreement on job and skill…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-18

Where the Commission considers that a medical accident is only partly the consequence of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts for which a healthcare professional or institution is liable, it wil…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-18

…erty resulting from the inherent vice of the insured object, except as provided for in article L. 173-4 with regard to latent defects in the vessel;b) damage to or loss of property resulting from fine…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-18

When a company referred to in article L. 160-10 or a société civile de placement immobilier (non-trading real estate investment company) adopts the system for variable-capital real estate investment c…

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