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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1251

…purposes of safeguarding justice provided for by article L. 3211-6of the Public Health Code or the decision of the guardianship judge provided for in Article 1249 mentions them on a register speciall…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 19

The decision invalidating an heir certificate is not subject to appeal. It must be brought to the attention of the public by insertion in a newspaper authorised to receive legal notices. It comes into…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 802-1

…code, the public prosecutor or a court is seised of a request which must be answered by a reasoned decision subject to appeal, in the absence of a reply within two months of the request made by regis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation and payment procedures.

Article L5422-4

…employed worker within two years of the date of registration as a jobseeker.The notification of the decision relating to the request for payment of the insurance allowance taken by Pôle emploi mention…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2334-25

…f the application and a waiver granted on the basis of II of article R. 2334-24 do not constitute a decision to award the grant. An application for a grant is deemed to have been rejected if it has no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-2

Also counted as member companies are those which, in accordance with the procedures laid down by a decision of the competent body of the organisation or of the statutory territorial structure of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R4381-31

…trading professional companies of nurses or masseur-physiotherapists. Reasons must be given for the decision to deregister. It may only be taken after the company has been given the opportunity to pre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-8

The decisions of the Board of Directors shall become enforceable by operation of law one month after they have been received by the Minister for Labour and the Minister for Transport if neither of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Disciplinary guarantees.

Article R6152-627

…ate practitioner who is the subject of disciplinary proceedings may be suspended from his duties by decision of the director of the establishment, after obtaining the opinion of the chairman of the es…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-58-3

The time limit for appealing against the decision to close the case is one month. It runs from the day on which notification was made to the author of the complaint or referral. Reasons must be given…

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