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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1576

For the application of this code in Wallis and Futuna, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "tribunal judiciaire" by: "tribunal de première instance";2° "tribunal de commerce" or "justice…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-2

…ith the authorisation of the public prosecutor or the investigating judge, or the court hearing the case decide to use, for the operations mentioned in article 230-1, to State resources covered by nat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-23

For the application of Article 712-21, the sentence enforcement judge or court may, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, state, by reasoned order or judgment, that there is no need to order a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special conditions for the "geriatrics" option

Article D6124-177-15

Depending on the patient's clinical condition, the authorisation holder offers each patient treatment in at least three of the following therapeutic practices: -masso-physiotherapy; -ergotherapy; -die…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-23

…tromagnetic fields. This person may be the employee on whom the employer relies under article R. 4453-9 to carry out the risk assessment. Under the employer's responsibility, this person participates…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-23

A compulsory retirement savings plan may be set up using one of the methods mentioned inArticle L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-23

…shall be on his Payment Service Provider to prove that the transaction in question has been authenticated, properly recorded and accounted for and that it has not been affected by a technical or other…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-23

…dmitted to trading on a regulated market, the transfer of shares or securities giving access to the capital, for any reason whatsoever, may be subject to the company's approval by means of a clause in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-23

…s in the company, concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2232-12, may define the respective powers of the central social and economic committee and the establ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-23

When it receives an application for a measure involving placement under mobile electronic surveillance or when it is considering imposing such a measure ex officio, the sentence enforcement court may…

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