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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Appointment of the examining magistrate.

Article D30

The president of the court may draw up a rota designating the investigating judges provisionally responsible for information that may arise at night, on Sundays and public holidays.The final appointme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Appointment of the examining magistrate.

Article D31

The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply:1° Where there is only one examining magistrate;2° Where there is an investigation involving an accused under the age of eighteen and there is only one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Appointment of the examining magistrate.

Article D28

The president of the court, having received the opening indictment and the attachments in the case of new information, forwards the file together with his decision to the designated investigating judg…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D331-9

The rules relating to the inspection of sites developed for camping and those on which caravans are located, when they are situated in areas subject to a foreseeable natural or technological risk, are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-9

As soon as the fifteen-day period has expired and he has the documents mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article D. 8254-11, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-4

For the assessment of the thresholds mentioned in article L. 2315-57 and in sub-section 9 of section 3 of chapter V of title I of book III of the second part of the present code, the resources for a g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-7

The agreement between the works council and the central works council referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2316-23 includes in particular: 1° The description of the activity or activities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-5

The documents mentioned in articles L. 2315-70 and L. 2315-71 are sent to the central social and economic committee at least eight days before the meeting.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-6

The following costs are borne by the central social and economic committee out of the sums paid by the works councils for its operation: 1° The cost of certifying the annual accounts; 2° The cost of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation of the central social and economic committee

Article D2316-8

Videoconference meetings of the central social and economic committee on the basis of Article L. 2316-16 are held under the conditions set out in Articles R. 2315-1 et seq.

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