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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 quinquies

…ts referred to in articles 52-1,704,705or 705-1, which set out the conditions under which he may perform his duties. In the performance of these duties, the specialised assistant may neither receive n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 sexies

…l referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 50 quater: "I swear to maintain the secrecy of information on judicial cases and on the actions of the public prosecutor's office and the investigati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 ter

Non-civil servants fulfilling the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 706 are recruited as contract agents. The décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 bis

The specialised assistants provided for in Article 706 are appointed for a renewable term of three years. The duties of a specialist assistant are exclusive of any other remunerated professional activ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN MAYOTTE

Article R5832-1

I. - The provisions of articles R. 5211-19 to R. 5211-40 shall apply to Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA.

Article D5841-1

For the application of the provisions of Part Five in French Polynesia:1° The references to the representative of the State in the department or to the representatives of the State in the departments…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-59

General meetings of bondholders are convened in the same form and by the same deadline as shareholders' meetings, unless otherwise stipulated in the issue contract. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat sets…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authorities

Article L2221-11

…the establishment of an annexed budget, for drinking water and wastewater services managed in the form of a simple or direct public service, is optional for municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other debts

Article 872

…e co-heirs may demand that the annuities be repaid and the immovables made free before the lots are formed. If the co-heirs share the estate in the state it is in, the encumbered immovable must be val…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-22

…mbers of commerce and industry and the regional chambers of commerce and industry are authorised to form between themselves for the defence of special and common interests may be set up as public esta…

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