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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-25

The principal sends the application for approval to the prefect of the department where the property designated in the commission is located. This application includes: 1° The identity and address of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of criminal record cards

Article R66

The form recording one of the decisions referred to in articles 768 (1° to 6°) and 768-1 (1° to 3°) is drawn up by the clerk of the court that made the decision within fifteen days of the decision bec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-19

…she deems it necessary to hear the person. This order is communicated to the Public Prosecutor and notified to the person by registered letter. If the contested notice of inadmissibility is declared…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-25

Members of the Crédit Mutuel network are notified of the sanctions to which they are liable and invited to express their observations or to be represented at the meeting of the Confédération Nationale…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions common to the National Commission for Voting Operations and the Regional Commissions for Voting Operations

Article R2122-48-2

…e lodged by application with the judicial court, on pain of inadmissibility, within ten days of the notification referred to in article R. 2122-48-1. The application must be made in accordance with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Company management.

Article R622-7

…e, the guarantee provided for in the same article. The advance is allocated up to an amount that cannot be seriously contested based on these elements and the ranking of the claim.On order of the juge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the Commercial Court.

Article R722-2

A bureau is set up for each meeting of the general meeting. It is composed of the president of the court, the vice-president and the first in the order of the table of chamber presidents present at th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D527-3

…cle R. 61-8 is a representative of an association mentioned in article 2-9. This representative may not, however, have been a victim of the offences for which the person whose dangerousness the commis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-50

…nforcement Committee, shall mention the names of the committee members who took the decision. It is notified to the parties in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article R. 612-9 and to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Setting up and closing down the social and economic committee

Article R2313-6

…ies, competition, consumption, labour and employment shall provide proof that his decision has been notified to the court or, failing this, that the challenge has been received. In the event of a deci…

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