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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1262-8

When the guardianship judge orders a legal protection measure, he informs the legal representative for the protection of adults carrying out the legal support measure by any means.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Secondment to another company

Article D5213-82

…een the adapted company and the user employer, on the one hand, and the disabled worker, on the other.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article D47-8

Without prejudice to their preservation on media placed under seal or appended to official reports, as evidence in the proceedings during which they were extracted, acquired or transmitted, the illici…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the curator.

Article 810-1

During the six months following the opening of the succession, the curator may only carry out purely conservatory or supervisory acts, acts of provisional administration and the sale of perishable pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-8

The Committee may unanimously decide to admit additional members, chosen from among the other financial contributors to social action for the elderly or disabled.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 866-1

The first paragraph of Article 706-166 reads: "In the case of an investigation opened for one of the offences, punishable by a sentence of three years' imprisonment or more, listed in Title I of Book…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-4

…e, in particular by lodging an opposition, appeal or recourse against the decision against him or her. In all cases, including the arrest of a person sentenced in absentia in a criminal matter, the ti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article D430-8

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence and the minister responsible for the economy relating to mergers are made public. The Autorité de la concurrence publishes its decisions on its website.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-81

In the exercise of the powers provided for in article 706-22-1 the Paris Sentence Enforcement Judge may appoint the penitentiary integration and probation service with territorial jurisdiction over th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4322-8

…lls, the methods for offsetting between teaching units and the methods for advancing to the next year.

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