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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590

…ime limit. No additional pleadings may be attached to them after the assigned adviser has filed his report. Late filing of a pleading proposing additional pleas may result in its inadmissibility.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16

…carried out, throughout the national territory, all examinations, hearings, investigations, expert reports, requisitions, including those provided for by the article 132-22 of the Penal Code or any o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Expert assessment period

Article L2315-85

…° For each category of expert appraisal, the maximum period within which the expert must submit his report, in the absence of a company agreement or an agreement between the employer and the social an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure.

Article L2523-7

…the mediator shall send the Minister responsible for labour the text of the reasoned and signed recommendation, together with a report on the dispute, as well as the reasoned rejections sent by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L628-2

The court shall rule on the initiation of proceedings after a report from the conciliator on the progress of the conciliation and the prospects for adoption of the draft plan by the affected parties c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-16

…or may obtain from the lessee-manager all documents and information useful to his mission. He shall report to the court on any infringement of the items leased under the management lease as well as an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Damage to private property caused by public works

Article 1059

Subject to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, plans, reports, certificates, notifications, judgments, contracts, receipts and other acts made pursuant to the loi du 29 décembre 1892 sur les dommages…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Irrigation

Article 1021

Decisions, reports, extracts, copies, grosses ou expéditions relating to procedural acts to which the application of articles L. 152-7 to L. 152-10 and L. 152-13 of the Code rural et de la pêche marit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: End of the procedure

Article L813-14

…e verification of the right of movement or residence may not give rise to any storage on files. The report and all documents relating to the check are destroyed within six months of the end of the det…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Unsealing.

Article 1320

The unsealing report is dated and signed by the bailiff. It includes: 1° A mention of the request for unsealing and the bailiff's determination of the day and time of unsealing; 2° The name and addres…

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