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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 1200-4

…pient or beneficiary of the family benefits to which the minor is entitled;3° The public prosecutor;4° The body responsible for the family benefits;5° The president of the departmental council of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-4

…ining magistrate, and as long as the settlement order has not been made, the detainee or his lawyer may apply directly for release to the investigating chamber, which shall rule in accordance with the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Prosecution and jurisdiction

Article 693

…ot exclusive of the possible application of the specific rules of jurisdiction provided by articles 628-1,697-3,704-1,705,706-17,706-75,706-107,706-108 et 706-176. The Paris court has concurrent juris…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 422-14

The same project may not simultaneously benefit from writing support for an elaborated version of a project dealing with population diversity and equal opportunities and from other writing support gra…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-4

…iders the application to be well-founded, he shall make an order granting an injunction to do which may not be appealed. He shall determine the subject matter of the obligation and the period and cond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cooperation and exchange of information with European supervisory and resolution authorities

Article L632-6-2

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall provide the competent authorities of other Member States with the information necessary to monitor and respond to the potential consequences of the activities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-6

In the event of total or partial non-fulfilment of the notice period resulting either from the temporary or definitive closure of the establishment, or from the reduction of the working hours usually…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L3122-6

…a vacancy for a member of the standing committee other than the president, the departmental council may decide to complete the standing committee. The vacancy or vacancies are then filled in accordanc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Election and composition

Article L7224-6

…ace in accordance with the procedures laid down in the second to fourth paragraphs of article L. 7224-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article D43-6

Where, pursuant to articles 41-4,41-6,99,706-153 and 778 or any other legislative provision, the president of the investigating chamber is competent to rule alone on an application, appeal or dispute,…

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