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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: JUDGE'S JURISDICTION

Article R631-3

The consumer may bring the matter either before one of the courts having territorial jurisdiction under the Code of Civil Procedure, or before the court for the place where he resided when the contrac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-3

The departmental council and the regional council concerned may, at the request of either of them, be involved by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation in the preparation of any develo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of apprentice training centres

Article L6231-3

…tres provide for the creation of a development committee, whose role is to oversee the organisation and operation of the centre.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3

I.-The devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 shall be placed on the market or put into service in accordance with A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-3

…rposes mentioned in Article LO 6214-5. These acts must respect the classification of contraventions and délits. The penalties they establish may not exceed the maximum provided for offences of the sam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6351-3

…rposes mentioned in Article LO 6314-5. These acts must respect the classification of contraventions and délits. The penalties they establish may not exceed the maximum provided for offences of the sam…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-3

The deliberations by which the Territorial Council adopts the rules which, in the matters listed in II of Article LO 6414-1, fall within the domain of the law, are adopted by public ballot by an absol…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book III: Security measures

Article A37-34

The number, location and territorial jurisdiction of the multidisciplinary commissions on security measures provided for by articles 706-53-14, 763-10 and R. 61-7 are set as follows: HEADQUARTERS OF T…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster

Article D125-3-3

…is likely to inform its deliberations. The participation of the Director General of Risk Prevention and the Director General of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance or their representatives at meetings…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-36

…t to ensure, by himself or by any designated qualified person, the monitoring of probation measures and alternative sentences whose recognition is final. The sentence enforcement judge, or, where appl…

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