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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-22

As an exception to article R. 431-20, when the application for a residence permit is lodged with the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the prefect of this department is competent to issue…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-12

…by a select committee made up of two representatives from each of the colleges mentioned in Article R. 1123-4, including at least one person qualified by virtue of their expertise in biostatistics or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-19

…hout delay, depending on the case. The application is signed by the applicant or by his or her lawyer. If the applicant is unable to sign, this is noted by the department with which the application is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-12

…an economic operator has not implemented the corrective measures prescribed on the basis of Article R. 4314-11, the market surveillance authority may, on the basis of Article L. 4314-2, by order, proh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-11

…ether with four copies of forms A and B, to an expert biologist on the list provided for in Article R. 3354-20 ; 2° The second sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biolo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R291

Article R. 66-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 66-1.-For the persons referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 62, the forms are sent to the chief clerk of the court of first instance, either o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R414

Article R. 141 reads as follows: "Art.R. 141.-When the assessor-jurors travel, they shall be allocated, upon justification, a transport allowance which shall be calculated as stated for experts in art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article R40-40

The implementation of the judicial reconciliation software mentioned in articles 230-20 et seq is authorised, for each procedure that it controls, by the magistrate in charge of the investigation or i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c) Issuing copies to third parties

Article R171

The decision of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office taken pursuant to articles R. 167, R. 168 or R. 170 is notified to the interested party. The interested party may appeal to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R621-49

The rules of procedure referred to in Articles 13 and 14 of the above-mentioned Act of 20 January 2017 specify the rules of organisation, operation and professional conduct within the Autorité des mar…

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