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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration and assessment of claims

Article R742-11

…of the publication of the opening judgment made under the conditions provided for in article R. 742-9, creditors shall declare their claims to the mandatary or, in the absence of a mandatary, to the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-11

…outside the municipal territory must provide the municipal commission provided for in article L. 2511-20 the information indicated in articles R. 2511-8 and R. 2511-9, under the same conditions.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Employee member of a joint health, safety and working conditions committee in agriculture.

Article L2412-9

…employee who is a member of a joint health, safety and working conditions committee in agriculture may only be terminated before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness certified by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-21

By way of derogation from Article 1136-12, failing which the family affairs judge, seised under article 1136-20, to have ruled within ten days on the application to modify the protection order relatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Territories and territorial health councils

Article L1434-11

…of the Regional Health Agencies determine the territories and zones provided for in Article L. 1434-9; 2° The composition, operating procedures and appointment of members of the territorial health cou…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 93

…s on foreign territory, under occupation or pursuant to intergovernmental agreements, these records may also be received by military civil registrars designated by order of the Minister of Defence. Th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 902

…of the letter of notification, the Registrar shall notify the appellant's lawyer so that the latter may proceed by way of service of the statement of appeal.On pain of the declaration of appeal lapsin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11

The provisions of articles D. 47-8 and D. 47-9 are applicable to the extraction, acquisition, transmission and storage, by judicial police officers and agents falling under the provisions of the first…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties between colleagues and members of other health professions

Article R4321-111

…laboration contract involving a relationship of subordination, must, in accordance with article L. 4113-9, be communicated to the Conseil départemental de l'ordre.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-96

…e sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of any suspected adverse reaction in humans which may be due to the administration of a medicinal product for human use to an animal under the conditi…

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