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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-1

…ties may also appeal the orders provided for by the ninth paragraph of Article 81, by Articles 82-1 and 82-3, and by the second paragraph of Article 156. In this case, the information file, or a copy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-1

In the event of an appeal against an order to remand a person in custody, the accused or the public prosecutor may, if the appeal is lodged no later than the day following the decision to remand the p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1205-1

When educational assistance proceedings have been initiated in respect of one or more children, the file shall be communicated to the court or judge by the children's judge, under the conditions defin…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1209-1

…rules laid down in articles 931 to 934.The court clerk shall notify, by simple letter, the persons and department to whom the decision has been notified and who have not themselves lodged the appeal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1208-1

The file may be consulted at the court registry, up until the day before the hearing, by the applicant, the parents, the guardian, the person or service to whom the child has been entrusted or their l…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-1-1

…ined by taking the arithmetic average over the last six months of the rates observed on the primary and secondary markets. The result of multiplying this average by 60% or 75% is called the "monthly r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-13

…n their registrations. He shall attach to the deed: 1° An extract of its title, containing the date and nature of the deed, the identity of the seller or donor, the nature and location of the property…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4461-13-1

…conditions mentioned in Article R. 4461-1, the employer shall keep the original of the safety sheet and provide each worker who took part in the work with a copy of this sheet. The employer shall forw…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-1

…essed after the information provided for in article D. 147-17 is recorded by the prison integration and probation service, which informs the sentence enforcement judge.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission responsible for applications for authorisation to practise from successful candidates in knowledge verification tests

Article D4111-12-1

…the qualifications specified by order of the Minister for Health. Applicants of French nationality and foreign residents are exempt from this requirement.

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