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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-8

The responsible authority shall keep the decisions transmitted by the court registries for a period of five years before destroying them.

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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 R411-24

On pain of inadmissibility raised automatically, the procedural documents shall be submitted to the court by electronic means. Where this cannot be the case, for a reason unrelated to the person compl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-35

When it does not come from the patient or the director of the establishment, the request is presented under the conditions set out in article R. 3211-10. It shall state whether the petitioner wishes t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 486

The minutes of the judgment are dated and mention the names of the judges who handed down the judgment; the presence of the public prosecutor at the hearing must be noted on the minutes.After being si…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-3

The application shall be made by petition lodged or addressed to the registry by the beneficiary of the obligation or by the persons mentioned in'article 764. In addition to the information prescribed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-21

The prosecuted sworn freight broker and the Public Prosecutor are notified of the decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The notification shall indicate the time limit and proc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 192

The functions of the public prosecutor with the investigating chamber are performed by the public prosecutor or his deputies; those of the registry by a registrar of the court of appeal.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-2

Where the seizure relates to properties located in the jurisdiction of several land registries, a summons to pay shall be issued for each jurisdiction.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions in the absence of a court-appointed administrator.

Article L627-4

After the draft plan has been filed with the registry by the debtor, the court shall rule in the light of the official receiver's report.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 1359

In the event of multiple summonses, the applicant for partition is the one who first had his summons registered at the registry of the judicial court.

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