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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals to the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-5

Before the national commission, the applicant and the judicial agent of the State may be assisted or represented by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation or by a lawyer registered a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-20

…the appellants shall notify the candidates whose election is contested of the appeals mentioned in article R. 1423-19. This notification is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Gardens and surrounding areas

Article R1331-52

Gardens and areas surrounding residential premises must be maintained in such a way as not to compromise the health and hygiene of these premises. When household waste containers and dustbins are stor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-8

The employer may refuse to cover the costs if the employee already receives expense allowances for travel between his usual place of residence and his place(s) of work in an amount equal to or greater…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-38

The Commission may validly rule if one of the members mentioned in 1° of Article R. 4163-37 and one of the members mentioned in 2° of the same article are present. Opinions are adopted by majority vot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation of derogations

Article R1453-17

The granting of benefits exceeding the thresholds set in application of article L. 1453-11 is subject to authorisation. The authorisation application file includes the draft agreement provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Professional qualifications of personnel.

Article R2112-10

If it is not possible to recruit permanent doctors who meet one of the conditions defined in article R. 2112-9, an exceptional exemption may be granted by the Director General of the Regional Health A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-22

The intervention plan for the point of entry into the territory and its successive updates are sent by the Prefect to the Minister for Health and to the Prefect for the Defence and Security Zone. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-6

The jury for the examination for access to the traineeship is that provided for in Article R. 811-10. However, the professor or senior lecturer of economics or management is replaced by a professor or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-84

Each shareholder may, at any time, inspect for himself the company's reports and accounts for previous financial years, the minute books, files and documents drawn up in accordance with article R. 823…

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