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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11-1

Without prejudice to cases in which the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article 495-11 are not met, the president may refuse homologation if he considers that the nature of the facts, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-11-4

In order to allow the public prosecutor to notify the head of the prison in accordance with articles D. 77 and D. 158, the family court judge or the children's judge shall inform this magistrate of de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-11

The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the special investigative techniques mentioned in this section. These special investigative techniques may be implemented if the requirements of the inv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-11

For each examination session, the training organisations will set up a panel of four people from the list for the department in which the theory tests are held. Each panel may include a maximum of one…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Functioning of committees

Article R23-113-2

The request for reimbursement of the salary maintenance of the employee representative is sent by his employer within three months to the trade union organisation that appointed him. This request, to…

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

Article R3551-6-11

The departmental fire and rescue operations centre known as the CODIS is the coordinating body for the operational activity of the Mayotte fire and rescue service. It is directed by a professional fir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-11

An intermediary association may conclude open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-26-9, up to a limit of 20% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-10-11

If the financial aid is obtained as a result of false declarations or if the agreement is misused, the Prefect will terminate the agreement after observing the procedure set out in article R. 5132-10-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article Annexe de l'article R. 122-30

ISSUES FOR WHICH PROPOSALS FOR APPROPRIATE LICENCES ARE SUBMITTED TO MINISTERS I.-Minister responsible for national education -Centre national d'enseignement à distance (CNED) when it provides, on beh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-112-2

I. - 1° The farm health report establishes the reference health status of the farm based on qualitative and quantitative criteria. It includes a list of diseases to which the farm has already been exp…

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