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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-2

In all the cases provided for in this paragraph 3, the court may, at the request of the parties or of its own motion, assign by judgment one of its members or one of the investigating judges of the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Training obligation

Article D722-30

The failure to fulfil the training obligation provided for in article L. 722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Training obligation

Article D722-31

Initial training lasts eight days and is organised by the Ecole nationale de la magistrature . In particular, it covers lessons relating to judicial organisation, the principles of procedure, the oper…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Training obligation

Article D722-32

At the end of the training, the Ecole nationale de la magistrature will issue the commercial court judge with an individual training certificate, subject to attendance. It will inform the Minister of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-32

If the employer fails to comply with the provisions of the agreement, the Prefect will inform the employer by registered letter of his intention to terminate the agreement. The employer is given a per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-31

When the body approved under article L. 5132-15 is an association, it prepares its annual accounts in accordance with the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables in force for the annual acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article D5132-30

After receiving a favourable opinion from the Conseil départemental de l'insertion par l'activité économique (departmental council for integration through economic activity), an organisation with an a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Control and accounting

Article R6332-37

The resources of the skills operators are kept in cash, either deposited at sight or invested for the short term. Interest earned on sums deposited or placed in short-term accounts has the same status…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Control and accounting

Article R6332-38

Skills operators and training insurance funds for non-salaried workers are subject to economic and financial control by the State under the conditions laid down by the aforementioned decree no. 55-733…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-30

Skills operators inform the Minister responsible for vocational training of any changes made to their articles of association, their internal regulations and their organisation chart, sending him thes…

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