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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19-2

…all be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by notification between lawyers and evidence thereof shall be provided to the Judgement Office within the time limits it shall set.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4352-11

…designated by order of the Minister for Health comprises :1° The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion or his/her representative, as Chairman ;2° The Director General of the Regional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4352-12

The regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion provides the committee's secretariat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-54

Employees of the municipality or of the public authority may not be members of the board of directors.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-56

The jobs of the régie are created by the Board of Directors.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-55

The chairman and vice-chairman or vice-chairmen must be members of the town council.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-2

Mediation concerns all or part of the dispute. Under no circumstances does it relieve the judge, who may at any time take any other measures he deems necessary.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 60, 77-1 and 156, where it appears that data seized or obtained in the course of the investigation or enquiry has been subject to transformation operati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1425-2

The claim shall be brought, at the option of the claimant, either before the court of the place where the defendant resides or before the court of the place where the obligation is performed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Parentage and subsidies

Article 1157-2

The couple or unmarried woman who has recourse to medically assisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, as provided for in article 342-10 of the Civil Code , consents to th…

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