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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 850-1

In New Caledonia, infringements of the first four classes of the police regulations governing public road passenger transport services, laid down by local regulations, are recorded in official reports…

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

Article 148-8

…igation intends to refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber pursuant to the provisions of Articles 140, third paragraph, 148, sixth paragraph, or 148-4, his request is made, in the forms provided…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-12

Management control, which must be entrusted to natural persons, and auditing of the accounts shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in the grouping's constitutive contract. However, when…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8-1

For the application of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 621-2, the matter shall be referred to the court by means of a writ of summons for the purpose of extending the proceedings or reun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article D641-8-1

The amount of turnover referred to in III of Article L. 812-2 is defined in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article D. 123-200. It is assessed on the closing date of the last…

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

Article 142-8

The second paragraph of Article 139 and the articles 140 and 141-3 are applicable to house arrest with electronic surveillance. A person who fails to comply with the obligations resulting from house a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-8

When an interception of correspondence emitted by electronic communications concerns a communication address that is used on the territory of a Member State of the European Union, and when it is not c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-8

The mediator does not have investigative powers. However, he may, with the agreement of the parties and for the purposes of the mediation, hear third parties who consent. The mediator may not be appoi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Transcription of a marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-8

When the formalities provided for in Article 171-2 have been complied with and the marriage has been celebrated in the forms customary in the country, it shall be entered in the civil status registers…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-8

The court, in the event of total or partial non-fulfilment of the injunction to do which it has issued, shall rule on the claim, after attempting to reconcile the parties. It hears, within the limits…

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