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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent to prosecution or enforcement of a sentence for another offence

Article 728-27

Where, before or after the transfer of the sentenced person, the competent authority of the administering State requests the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office to agree that the sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Alert in the event of a breach of personal rights

Article L2312-59

…hts of individuals, their physical and mental health or individual freedoms in the company which is not justified by the nature of the task to be performed, nor proportionate to the aim pursued, he/sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-26

A substantial modification in the objectives or means of the plan may only be decided by the court, at the request of the debtor and on the report of the commissaire à l'exécution du plan. Where the d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-37

…r the ex officio licence shall rule, both on the merits and before the court, by decisions which do not contain any analysis of the invention of such a nature as to lead to its disclosure. These decis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge

Article R713-4

…ted by the addressee. In this case, in the event of return to the secretariat of the court of these notifications of which the acknowledgement of receipt has not been signed by the addressee or by a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1503

…g assessment rates. The tax department harmonises the assessment elements from one municipality to another and adopts them definitively unless an appeal is lodged under the conditions defined in II. I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-11

…the syndicate commission deciding by a majority of its members or, if the syndicate commission has not been formed, at the joint request of the town council and half of the members of the section. Wi…

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

Article 911-1

…esting written observations from the parties. The order declaring the proceedings null and void may not be revoked. The party whose statement of appeal has lapsed pursuant to articles 902,905-1,905-2…

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

Article L954-3

…ced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising carried out under conditions that do not comply with the first paragraph may be ordered by the investigating judge or by the court hearin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-2-1

…llowed for the Authority or the European Central Bank, as the case may be, to take its decision may not exceed twelve months from receipt of the initial application.II. - When, in accordance with Arti…

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