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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application and the divorce proceedings

Article 1108

The matter is referred to the family court, at the request of either party, by delivering a copy of the document initiating proceedings to the court registry. Provided that the date of the hearing is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application and the divorce proceedings

Article 1106

…the rules laid down in the first two sections of this chapter, proceedings shall be brought, heard and determined in accordance with the ordinary written procedure applicable before the judicial cour…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration application

Article L512-1

The application for registration shall be filed, on pain of invalidity, at the Institut national de la propriété industrielle where the applicant has his domicile or registered office in Paris or outs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-1

The powers of the social and economic committee in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees are defined in section 2 of this chapter. The responsibilities of the social and economic committee in u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compatibility of cooperation agreements with the regional health plan

Article R6212-1

I.-The cooperation contracts and amendments to cooperation contracts concluded between several medical biology laboratories provided for in Article L. 6212-6 shall be communicated as soon as they are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management of paediatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-1

…rom this paediatric structure or a doctor who fulfils the conditions laid down in article D. 6124-1 and who has proven experience in paediatrics. The human and technical resources of the emergency uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-10

The stipulations of the agreements mentioned in articles D. 6124-26-8 and D. 6124-26-9 are included, where applicable, in the network's constitutive agreement provided for in article R. 6123-29.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-36-1

Once a year, the ombudsman and the public prosecutor's delegate send an activity report to the public prosecutor or, if they exercise their duties within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-35-1

The list of persons authorised by the public prosecutor is sent to the public prosecutor.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between credit institutions and their customers

Article L312-1-4

…order of the Minister responsible for the economy;2° Obtain the closure of the deceased's accounts and the payment of the sums contained therein, if the total amount of the sums held by the instituti…

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