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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-15

The Public Prosecutor at the Paris Judicial Court, after collecting, where appropriate, the observations of the investigating judges and the presidents of the criminal divisions, draws up, every two y…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-17

The report drawn up by the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal is notified directly to the authorised customs officer, who may submit comments in writing within a period of fifteen days, at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-3

When an adverse reaction to a proprietary medicinal product is reported to a company responsible for its parallel distribution, the latter will forward this report to the marketing authorisation holde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Propaganda documents

Article R7343-36-1

The Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi shall publish on the website referred to in Article R. 7343-10 , on a date set by order of the Minister for Employm…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article D2651-3-1

For the application of Article D. 2192-2 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands : a) The words "to L. 2192-3" are replaced by the words "and L. 2192-2" ; b) Where necessary, the reference to the identity nu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-39-1

The amount of the local development grant mentioned in article L. 2511-38 is calculated and distributed among the arrondissements by the city council or by the Paris council when examining the budget…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-36-1

The special statement for each arrondissement provided for in article L. 2511-37 an investment section for the investment expenditure referred to in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2511-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-38-1

The opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings automatically terminates the conciliation procedure.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-34-1

The conciliator shall inform the president of the court without delay of any factor that could constitute grounds for recusal as well as any other ground that could justify the termination of his miss…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

Research involving the following products is subject to express authorisation from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Organs and tissue…

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