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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-10

…ren's judge hearing the educational assistance proceedings, throughout the criminal proceedings, of decisions that may affect relations between the parents and their children. The investigating judge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-9

…o its Chairman and, if he is absent or unable to act, to another of its members, to take individual decisions falling within its remit, with the exception of those referred to in I of Article L. 621-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General Manager.

Article R5312-19

The Chief Executive Officer prepares and implements the decisions of the Board of Directors. He takes all decisions other than those falling within the remit of the Board. He represents Pôle emploi in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article R5522-12

…ollows: "When the State contributes to the cost of a training course under article L. 5522-2-2, the decision awarding the aid for professional integration or a subsequent amending decision specifies:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Submission of the contract

Article D6224-2

…conditions have not been met, the skills operator will refuse to pay for the contract in a reasoned decision that it will notify to the parties and to the apprentice training centre. The decision may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-8

The decision of the département or region to award an investment or operating grant to a project decided or subsidised by a local authority or group of local authorities is accompanied by a summary st…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 515

…s it necessary and compatible with the nature of the case. It may be ordered for all or part of the decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-2

…rticle 187-1 may request that it be examined directly by the Investigating Chamber. In this case, a decision is taken at the latest on the fifth working day following the request, based on the informa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 253

…ither carried out an act of prosecution or investigation, or participated in the indictment or in a decision on the merits relating to the guilt of the accused, may not sit on the court as president o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Classification of offices.

Article D133-22

…ent of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or of the mixed syndicate, sends the decision, together with the application for classification, to the representative of the State in th…

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