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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information provided by the purchaser

Article R2191-61

…ey so request by registered letter with acknowledgement of postal receipt, providing proof of their status, the purchaser shall notify the beneficiaries of pledges or assignments of receivables, at th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 904-1

…by setting a date for the case to be appealed shortly, or by appointing a Conseiller de la mise en status. The clerk's office notifies the lawyers who have been constituted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within a group of undertakings

Article L3344-2

…set up within a group made up of companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the unions they have formed and the subsidiaries they own.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency

Article A441-1

…roviding services, bound by a franchise agreement to a franchisor, shall inform the consumer of its status as an independent business, in a legible and visible manner, on all information documents, pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

…ng to New Caledonia and article 7 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia, articles R. 1110-8 to R. 1110-14 are automatically applicable in New Cal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 462

…The rectifying decision shall be mentioned on the original and on the copies of the judgment. It is notified in the same way as the judgment. If the rectified decision has the force of res judicata, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-1

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-3

The court shall examine the case and rule on the charge without the assistance of the jurors, unless other defendants tried simultaneously in the proceedings are present, or the absence of the defenda…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Examination of the appeal

Article L532-6

…n five weeks of the referral. The same applies when the Office takes a decision terminating refugee status pursuant to Article L. 511-7 or the benefit of subsidiary protection pursuant to 1° or 3° of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Specific judicial review of acts of the Territorial Council falling within the scope of the law

Article LO6243-5

…ecution, the court shall immediately refer the question to the Conseil d'Etat in a decision that is not subject to appeal. The Conseil d'Etat gives its ruling within three months. When it refers the q…

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