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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221-3

…ed since the accused person was remanded in custody, when such custody is still in progress and the notice of the end of the investigation provided for by Article 175 has not been issued, the Presiden…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-1

Consumers who do not wish to be the subject of commercial canvassing by telephone may, free of charge, register on an opposition list against telephone canvassing.A professional is prohibited, either…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: The economic, social and environmental database

Article L2312-36

…tment (employment, trends and distribution of precarious contracts, internships and part-time jobs, professional training, professional development and working conditions), tangible and intangible inv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Council of auction houses

Article L321-18

…e for: 1° Observing the economy of the public auction sector; 2° Determining and disseminating good professional practices and formulating recommendations with regard to voluntary sales of furniture b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-6

Home detention with electronic monitoring is decided by reasoned order of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge, who rules after an adversarial hearing in accordance with Article 14…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-34

…ng to the information mentioned in I of Article L. 22-10-9. Where the Ordinary General Meeting does not approve the draft resolution referred to in the previous paragraph, the Board of Directors or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…ent authorities of the issuing Member State to consent to the surrender of the requested person to another Member State with a view to prosecution or the enforcement of a custodial sentence or detenti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-1

…result in the immediate issue of a dematerialised online submission certificate. This document does not provide proof of the holder's legal residence status. When the examination of a complete applica…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Processing asylum applications

Article R591-12-1

…"Art. R. 531-7 -The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may decide not to make a decision within the time limit laid down in Article R. 531-6 where this is necessary f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-4

…sident of the organising council. The president takes a decision within six days. His decisions are notified to the interested parties without delay by any means that enables the date of receipt to be…

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