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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-9

In order to distribute the seats allocated to each college between the trade union organisations, a quotient is calculated equal to the total number of elected representatives of this college in the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article D2362-9

In order to distribute the seats allocated to each college between the trade union organisations, a quotient is calculated equal to the total number of elected representatives of this college in the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-1

Each of the trade union organisations representing students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies at national level may designate, each semester, two students in this cycle wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-9

When the judge considers that it is in the child's best interests to do so, he or she will appoint a person to conduct the hearing, who must have no links either with the minor or with a party. This p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 198

The parties and their lawyers are allowed until the day of the hearing to produce briefs which they communicate to the public prosecutor and the other parties.These briefs are filed at the registry of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Internal letters rogatory.

Article 731

The decision is transmitted with all relevant documents by the registry of the assigning court to the court assigned. Upon receipt, the operations prescribed shall be carried out on the initiative of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 585

After the expiry of this period, the plaintiff who has been convicted of a criminal offence may send his statement of case directly to the registry of the Cour de cassation; the other parties may not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXII: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion

Article 706-66

The decision requesting the opinion is sent, together with the conclusions and any written observations, by the court registrar to the registry of the Cour de cassation. It is notified, together with…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R742-9

Without prejudice to the notification of the opening judgment to the parties, a notice of this judgment is sent, for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales, by the a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1022-1

In cases for which the parties are exempted from the assistance of a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, decisions of cassation are notified by the registry of the Cour de cassatio…

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