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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-1

On pain of nullity, the examining magistrate may only indict persons against whom there is serious or corroborating evidence making it likely that they may have participated, as perpetrator or accompl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81-1

The examining magistrate may, ex officio, at the request of the public prosecutor or at the request of the civil party, carry out, in accordance with the law, any act enabling him to assess the nature…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-8

Payment can be proven by any means.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Gift-shares made to descendants of different degrees.

Article 1078-8

In the estate of the ascendant donor, property received by children or their descendants by way of early division is set off against the share of the reserve due to their stock and subsidiarily agains…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1200-8

The case is heard and judged in chambers.The hearing may be held at the seat of the juvenile court or at the seat of a local chamber located within the jurisdiction, which the summons indicates.At the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National coordination and national missions

Article R1413-89-1

The Minister for Health defines national guidelines for the prevention and management of healthcare-associated infections and the prevention of resistance to anti-infectives, in particular antibiotic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1

However, the above-mentioned machines which were in conformity with the technical rules applicable during the transitional period defined by Article 6 of Decree no. 92-767 of 29 July 1992 when they we…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications for partition.

Article 821-1

Indivision may also be maintained, at the request of the same persons and under the conditions laid down by the court, in respect of ownership of the residential premises or premises used for professi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 809-1

For the application of Article 41-2, references to articles L. 2339-5 and L. 2339-9 of the Defence Code and article L. 1er du code de la route (1) are replaced by references to the provisions applicab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

The mobile machines and second-hand lifting equipment referred to in the first paragraph, which comply with the requirements applicable to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of…

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