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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Court fees

Article R132

Any witness is entitled to the indemnity provided for in articles R. 129, R. 130 and R. 131 even though he has been awarded an allowance for travel and subsistence expenses.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article R1524-1

Articles R. 1413-1 to R. 1413-44 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2016-523 of 27 April 2016, subject to the adaptations provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Propaganda documents

Article R7343-36

Decisions concerning the conformity of election propaganda documents may be contested by application to the judicial court, on pain of inadmissibility, within ten days of the notification referred to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
C: Travel and subsistence expenses

Article R138

The travel and subsistence allowances provided for in articles R. 133 et seq are granted to persons accompanying minors aged sixteen or witnesses who are ill or infirm under the conditions specified i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R415

Article R. 146 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 146.-When an assessor-judge is unable to meet his travel expenses, the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions of article R. 134."

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R330

Article R. 146 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 146.-When a juror is unable to meet the costs of his or her travel, the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions of article R. 134."

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-37

On pain of inadmissibility, which is raised ex officio, the parties must present all their substantive claims in the submissions referred to in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32. Inadmissibi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial police officers

Article R9

The members of the technical examination panels referred to in articles R. 7 and R. 8 are appointed by joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Medical file

Article R4412-55

The medical file is kept for at least fifty years after the end of the period of exposure, under the conditions provided for in article L. 4624-8 of this code or article R. 717-27 of the rural and mar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article R123-204

Notwithstanding Article R. 123-176, the persons mentioned in articles L. 123-25 to L. 123-27 and in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may centralise these entries every three months.

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