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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-4

The public prosecutor is required to act if requested to do so by a public authority or by a third party who has raised the nationality objection before a court which has stayed the proceedings pursua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-4

…the event of a refusal of validation provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 66 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or provided for in IV of Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L681-4

A decree in the Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this title.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R681-4

The notice of the judgment referred to in article R. 611-43 and in the fifth paragraph of article R. 621-8 contains, in addition to the information provided for by these provisions, the name used for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-4

The Labour Inspector will conduct an adversarial investigation during which the employee may, at his request, be assisted by a representative of his trade union. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-40

The applicant is heard at the hearing in the language that he has, pursuant to Article L. 521-8, indicated to the administrative authority when registering his asylum application. In the absence of a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-43

…for in Article R. 532-26, may present at the hearing any oral observations that it considers useful to respond to this statement or information.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-41

…he Cour nationale du droit d'asile shall provide the applicant, free of charge, with an interpreter to assist him/her at the hearing, who has taken an oath to assist justice in his/her honour and cons…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-42

…quest and the factual and legal elements presented by the parties, and mentions the elements likely to enlighten the debate, without taking sides on the meaning of the decision.The main elements of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-44

The panel deliberates in the absence of the parties. The rapporteur does not have the right to vote.The decision is taken by a majority of votes. A copy of the list of the hearing mentioning the meani…

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