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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-99

Within seven working days of receiving the European protection order or the additional information requested pursuant to Article 696-98, the public prosecutor shall submit the request for recognition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-7

Where criminal proceedings have been instituted, the commission's decision may be taken before a ruling has been made on the public prosecution. The commission may, for the application of the last par…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-39

…e1° To check that the circuit meets the minimum characteristics imposed by the technical and safety rules set out in article R. 331-19 ;2° To determine the arrangements to be made by the organisers to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-2

…the Committee at least once a year, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Committee's Rules of Procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-66

…2° The time limit within which the employee must send his request for leave to the employer and the rules for determining, per establishment, the maximum number of employees who may benefit from leave…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-1

…iding this information within the scope of their competence and in compliance with the professional rules applicable to them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Orthoptists.

Article L4342-7

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The professional rules ; 2° The composition and operation of the commission referred to in article L. 4342-4 and the conditions un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-9

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The professional rules ; 2° The composition and operation of the committee referred to in article L. 4341-4 and the conditions und…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article L644-5

The court shall pronounce the closure of the judicial liquidation at the latest within six months of the decision ordering or deciding on the application of the simplified procedure, with the debtor h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-23

The National Institute of Industrial Property is not a party to the proceedings.The Court of Appeal shall rule after hearing the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property or th…

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