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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-52

…ctim of one of the offences provided for in articles 222-33-2-2 and 222-33-2-3 of the Criminal Code may be the subject of an audiovisual recording. The recording provided for in the previous paragraph…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Honorary office, court robes and oath.

Article R814-50

The title of honorary judicial administrator or honorary judicial representative may be conferred by the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline. Honorary status may only be conferred on p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3411-5

Concession contracts that come to an end during a period of exceptional circumstances may be extended by amendment beyond the term stipulated in the contract if a competitive tendering procedure canno…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-58

…n period.One or more bondholders, representing at least one thirtieth of the securities of a group, may send a request to the company and to the representative of the group to convene the meeting.If t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Resignations

Article L2121-5

…e administrative court. The refusal results either from an express declaration addressed to whom it may concern or made public by its author, or from persistent abstention after warning by the authori…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Industries dealing with perishable materials or having to respond to an extraordinary increase in workload.

Article L3132-5

…or having to respond at certain times to an extraordinary increase in work, employees' weekly rest may be suspended twice a month at the most, without the number of such suspensions in the year excee…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions

Article L711-5

Debts arising from pledge loans taken out with municipal credit unions pursuant to article L. 514-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may be deleted by applying the measures provided for in 2° of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchanges of information for the purposes of supplementary surveillance

Article L633-5

…ompetent authorities and, where necessary, any other relevant competent authority. These agreements may entrust additional tasks to the coordinator and specify the procedures to be followed in the con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Pharmacy inspection.

Article L5127-5

The inspectors referred to in article L. 5127-1 may not engage in any other professional activity, unless it is carried out exclusively in a health establishment. However, they may belong to the teach…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-56

Hospitalised patients may, in view of the length of their stay and their state of health, be granted exceptional leave of absence for a maximum period of forty-eight hours. Such leave is granted by th…

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