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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-2-11

In the absence of an application for authorisation submitted under the conditions of article R. 6523-2-10, or if the applications submitted do not meet the conditions laid down in I of the same articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-2-13

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles R. 6332-5 to R. 6332-7, the authorisation referred to in article R. 6523-2-9 is revoked, by joint order of the ministers responsible…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157-2

Expertise may also be requested from technical and scientific police services or organisations of the national police and the national gendarmerie, the list of which is set by joint order of the Minis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 161-2

If the period provided for in Article 161 exceeds one year, the investigating judge may request that a progress report be filed beforehand, which shall be notified to the parties in accordance with th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-2

…sisted witness may request by letter rogatory, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 151, any investigating judge to proceed with the examination of that person in accordance with the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-2

The investigating judge may specify in the committal order the date of the hearing before the police court or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177-2

…asis of a civil party's claim, the investigating judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor and by reasoned decision, if he considers that the civil party's claim has been abusive or dilatory,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 234-1

…he assizes are held is not the seat of a judicial court, the judicial court referred to in articles 242,251,261-1,262,263,265,266,270,271 and 289 is that in whose jurisdiction the assizes are held.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Remuneration arrangements

Article D6323-18-2

…t is carried out after the end of the fixed-term employment contract in application of article R. 6323-14-1, the remuneration is paid by the regional inter-professional joint committee.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1239-2

An appeal against a judgment refusing to grant a protective measure in respect of a person of full age is only open to the applicant.

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