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

Article 397-1

…e accused does not consent to be tried forthwith or if the case does not appear to be ready for trial, the court, after hearing the submissions of the parties and their counsel, remits the case to a f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3

Article L. 443-1 is amended as follows:1° The last paragraph of I is replaced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising carried out under conditions that do not comply with the first…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

When the user company hires, after an assignment, an employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-31

Each year, the State representative in the territorial collectivity informs the assembly of French Guyana, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in the collectivity.This spec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-30

At his request, the president of the assembly of French Guyana shall receive from the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity the information necessary for the exercise of his powe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-3

…Authorisation to provide one or more investment services by a credit institution may be granted to legal entities having their registered office in France or to branches established in France of cred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Financing of vocational training

Article L6131-3

I.-The contributions mentioned in 2° to 4° of the I of article L. 6131-1 are collected by the unions for the collection of social security and family allowance contributions and the general social sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-3

The provisions of articles L. 4131-2, L. 4141-4, L. 4151-6, L. 4221-15, L. 4241-10, L. 4311-12-1 and L. 4321-7 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Orde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-3

The mobility organising authorities pursuant to I of article L. 1231-1 of the Transport Code, the municipalities continuing to organise mobility services pursuant to II of the same article L. 1231-1 a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-3

Any advertisement within the meaning of Article L. 5122-1 made to the public or to healthcare professionals for a medicinal product mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 benefiting from an early…

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