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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-40

The implementation of the judicial reconciliation software mentioned in articles 230-20 et seq is authorised, for each procedure that it controls, by the magistrate in charge of the investigation or i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-41

The implementation and updating of the software mentioned in article 230-20 are supervised by a senior prosecuting magistrate, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article R57-4

In the event of a new prosecution being brought against a convicted offender under his supervision, the enforcement judge is notified by the public prosecutor. He will provide this magistrate with any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-4

The court shall rule, where appropriate, on the report of the judge assigned to the case. The judge may not sit or take part in the deliberations. If the judgment cannot be rendered immediately, the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-40

In application of Article L. 641-15, the liquidator may, by order of the juge-commissaire, ask the legal representative of the legal entity or the debtor who is a natural person or any other employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers

Article R5412-4

Withdrawal of entitlement to replacement income for one of the reasons listed in article R. 5426-3 results in the person concerned being removed from the list of jobseekers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article R6316-4

France Compétences registers on a list the labelling bodies that it recognises after checking that the certification process implemented by these bodies involves an administrative authority and that i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-4

The departmental directorates for employment, labour and solidarity, the departmental directorates for employment, labour, solidarity and population protection and the departmental units of the Ile-de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-4

Each member of the economic interest grouping or company is the holder of shares that cannot be dissociated from the use of a pitch determined by the constitutive contract or the Articles of Associati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-4

In the event of rejection of the objects transported or presented for transport, or of a dispute of any nature whatsoever, concerning the formation or performance of the contract of carriage, or due t…

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