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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-1

…erson under investigation acknowledges the facts and accepts the criminal classification chosen, he may, at the request or with the agreement of the public prosecutor or the person under investigation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-18

…ttee, on receipt of such a request from the person in charge of the structure receiving the bodies, may recommend that the period of storage be extended for a period of six months, renewable once. IV.…

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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

The parties 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…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-18

…uiring clarification and the questions it intends to put to the candidates concerned.The candidates may then be removed from the list.The jury may then invite the candidates to answer the questions it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Auctions.

Article D514-18

…f the Guidance and Supervisory Board, to cover the costs of the auction and sales.The establishment may charge a proportional fee on the proceeds of sales, which shall be set in the same manner. It ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rules of procedure.

Article L654-18

The public prosecutor may require the administrator or liquidator to hand over all deeds and documents held by them.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Holding of the appeal hearing

Article R743-18

…d the foreign national in detention, the foreign national's lawyer and the foreign national himself may ask to be heard at the hearing. The public prosecutor may make his opinion known.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Authorised and certified operators

Article R2343-18

Registration on the lists mentioned in the articles of this subsection may not be imposed on economic operators with a view to their participation in a defence or security contract.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-18

The Minister responsible for industrial property may give formal notice to the owners of invention patents other than those referred to in Article L. 613-16 to begin working them in such a way as to m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-18

…an communities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, the operation of groups of community councillors may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the compensation system for co…

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