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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 421

At the hearing, the civil party's statement must, on pain of inadmissibility, be made before the prosecution's submissions on the merits or, if the court has ordered an adjournment of sentencing, befo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 791

The public prosecutor obtains all relevant information from the various places where the sentenced person may have stayed.He also takes the opinion of the sentence enforcement judge.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-1

The refusal of the sentenced person expressed after the information provided for in article D. 147-17 is recorded by the prison integration and probation service, which informs the sentence enforcemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements.

Article R712-5

I.-The decision to suspend or dissolve the bureau alone or the general meeting and the bureau of a public establishment of the network provided for by article L. 712-9 is taken by order of the supervi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication, traditional speciality guaranteed

Article L432-4

It is prohibited:1° To issue a protected designation of origin, a protected geographical indication or a traditional speciality guaranteed without meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 642-3…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Rectification and judicial annulment

Article 1048

The judicial court or its president with territorial jurisdiction is that of the place where the person whose civil status is in question lives or, if he or she lives outside France, the judicial cour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article R751-2

For each application for authorisation, a prefectoral order sets the composition of the departmental commission.The elected representatives mentioned in a to e of 1° of II, a and b of 1° of III and a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-67-5

…ents in the network of chambers of commerce and industry may initiate pooling initiatives and conclude agreements with each other for the purpose, in particular, of sharing skills or creating or retai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation of the Disciplinary Boards of First Instance and the National Disciplinary Board

Article R4234-6

…linary Chamber, one or more members of staff carry out registry duties. Registry staff are placed under the functional authority of the president of the court. They follow the investigation of cases,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3

Article L713-12

…in a territorial chamber of commerce and industry is set at between twenty-four and one hundred, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.III. - The number of seats in a regional ch…

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