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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R259

For the application of Article R. 15-14, notification is made via the military or administrative authority in the hierarchy, which issues a notice against a signature.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R419

At the end of the second paragraph of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R365

For the application of article R. 15-14, notification is made via the military or administrative authority in the hierarchy, which issues a notice against a signature.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R339

At the end of the second paragraph of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R371

In Article R. 23-2, the words: "to the Treasury departments, which provide" are replaced by the words: "to the agent responsible for collecting fines, who provides".

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article R321-4

…et in the Articles of Association for the meeting to be held, in the manner provided for in article R. 321-3. On this occasion, they shall be informed of the reasons for the postponement and of the da…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-11

…ng date of the certificate application is acquired if at least the documents referred to in Article R. 623-5, even if these documents are not regular in form. If the filing does not include the aforem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification and verification of the identity of occasional customers

Article R561-10

…ction is carried out in a single operation or in several operations that appear to be linked together. II. - The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 are required, before carrying out the transaction…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R274

For the application of article R. 49-2 in French Polynesia, the model of the counterfoil receipt booklet is set by a decision of the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceeding limit values

Article R4451-80

I.-When a worker's exposure exceeds one of the limit values laid down in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8, the employer shall immediately take steps to: 1° Stop the exposure; 2° Determine a…

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