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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L956-11

…fficial receiver or pursuant to Chapters I and III of Title V of Book VI, the official receiver may not, on pain of nullity of the judgment, sit on the bench or take part in the deliberations.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification or deletion

Article R50-57

…missions, the liberty and custody judge makes a reasoned decision within three months. The order is notified to the public prosecutor or investigating judge and, by registered letter with acknowledgem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation

Article R2331-3

Representative trade union organisations may refer disputes relating to the appointment of employee representatives to the group works council to the judicial court at the registered office of the dom…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Supplementary provisions

Article R3121-15

When an authorisation is granted in application of articles R. 3121-13 or R. 3121-14, the company may only use it following a decision by the Labour Inspector, who rules on the principle and terms of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Submission of the contract

Article R6224-3

The Skills Operator shall take a decision on the financial contribution within twenty days of receipt of all the documents mentioned in article D. 6224-1. If it remains silent after this period, an im…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148

…nadmissibility, no application for release may be made as long as the liberty and custody judge has not ruled on a previous application within the time limits provided for in the third paragraph of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-6

…II of Chapter V bis of Ordinance no. 58-1270 of 22 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the status of magistrates. When it rules on appeals, it may appoint a maximum of three assessors from am…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration.

Article L123-8

A person subject to registration who has not applied for registration by the end of a period of fifteen days from the commencement of his activity may not, until he is registered, rely on the status o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-3

…31-1 is only mandatory for public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1147

…of the interested party or his or her lawyer, on the basis of a certificate of filing issued by the notary. The certificate states the identity of the spouses and the date of filing. If the marriage w…

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