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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-6

…er made on the basis of articles 628-2 or 628-3 by which an examining magistrate decides whether or not to relinquish jurisdiction or the Paris examining magistrate decides whether or not he has juris…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-173

…he is competent may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, to the Criminal Division of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-9

…a between the employer and the dismissed employee, or the court's assessment that the dismissal was not for real and serious reasons or was null and void. The clerk of the judicial court shall immedia…

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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 Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-8

…parents or the public prosecutor, who may in turn be referred by a third party, whether a parent or not, for a ruling on the arrangements for exercising parental authority and the contribution to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-14-1

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: CONDITIONS OF ACCESS TO THE LABOUR MARKET

Article L554-1

…um seeker where the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, for reasons not attributable to the applicant, has not made a decision on the asylum application within six mont…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Application for suspension of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory in the course of proceedings

Article L752-6

Where the court has not yet ruled on the appeal for annulment lodged against the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory pursuant to article L. 614-1, the foreign national may apply…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-12

An appeal against the orders referred to in 1° of Article 712-11 shall be referred to the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal, who shall rule by reasoned order in the light of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-2-1

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