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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-28

The court registry shall notify the parties and the public prosecutor by any means and without delay of the decision ruling on the transfer of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall publish the annual report on the solvency and fina…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Fees and compensation paid to bailiffs and law enforcement officers

Article R197

The public prosecutors and the public prosecutors shall at the same time examine the writings to ensure that they comply with the requirements of Article R. 185, and they shall reduce at the appropria…

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

Article R257

For the application of article R. 15-12, notifications are made by the secretary of the commission to the claimant via the military or administrative hierarchical authority, which issues a notice agai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R363

For the application of article R. 15-12, notifications are made by the secretary of the commission to the claimant via the military or administrative hierarchical authority, which issues a notice agai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-212

The assets of a fonds commun de placement d'entreprise governed by articles L. 214-164 and L. 214-165 may include shares in sociétés anonymes à responsabilité limitée issued by companies governed by l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

The compulsory prior mediation procedure provided for byArticle L. 213-11 of the Code of Administrative Justice is applicable to appeals brought against the following individual decisions taken by Pôl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

In the event that a position in an approved structure likely to be offered to an intern or resident has not been offered to interns or residents, or if it has not been chosen, the director of the heal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Fees and allowances of experts, interpreters, persons in charge of social and personality investigations and delegates and mediators of the public prosecutor's office

Article R122

Written translations are paid per page of French text. This page is 250 words long. Oral translations are paid per hour of presence as soon as the interpreter is made available to the public prosecuto…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and organisation.

Article R2112-8

The statistical reports concerning, on the one hand, the activities of the departmental service and, on the other hand, the health situation in terms of maternal and child protection, sent to the Pref…

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