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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12-1

…L. 1242-2, it also includes :1° The words "fixed-term contract for a defined purpose";2° The title and references of the collective agreement establishing this contract;3° A clause describing the pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12-2

Notwithstanding article L. 113-12, where the purpose of the insurance contract is to guarantee, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks defined in the contract, either the total or partial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-12

…e shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Board of Directors shall establish a procedure for regularly assessing whether the agreements relating to current transactions and entered i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-7

By application of the provisions of article 706-75 of the code of criminal procedure, the judicial courts and assize courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-5

…ed to the competent authority of another Member State of the European Union where: 1° The person concerned is ordinarily resident, under lawful conditions, in the territory of that State and has retur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-34-3

The agent provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 631-19-1 may be the court-appointed administrator.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article D47-1-12

If the investigation decision has not been issued or validated by a judicial authority, or if it has not been drafted or translated into French, or if Annex A is not complete, the decision is returned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-5

…overed by the secrecy of deliberations may only be carried out by a magistrate, following a written and reasoned decision by the latter, in the presence of the first president of the court of appeal o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-4

…ictim support associations that meet all of the following criteria, as set out in a national reference guide for accredited victim support associations: 1° Multi-disciplinary and forward-looking appro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-7

…he application for approval shall be sent, if possible by electronic means, to the department for access to law and justice and victim support of the general secretariat of the Ministry of Justice.

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