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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Powers of the Chairman.

Article 873-1

At the request of one of the parties, and if justified by the urgency of the matter, the president of the court hearing an application for interim relief may refer the case to a hearing, the date of w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Powers of the Chairman.

Article 876-1

In the cases provided for by law or regulation, the president of the commercial court shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 873-1

The first paragraph of Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 879-1

For the application of articles 16 to 19, Mayotte police officers placed at the disposal of the State are assimilated, in accordance with the provisions and under the conditions laid down by these art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-87

When the person sentenced to house arrest under electronic surveillance must comply with the obligation to refrain from appearing in a specially designated place or area, in order to avoid contact wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-87

Licitations (numbers 48 to 50 in table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° In the case of a licitation by mutual agreement:a) If indivision ceases, an emolument proportional to all the assets licence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assistance for employees in partial activity

Article D5522-87

For the application in Mayotte of the provisions of article D. 5122-13, the hourly rate of the partial activity allowance may not be less than 7.09 euros. If the employee receives remuneration determi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Coverage of professionalisation contracts

Article D6332-87

Pôle emploi may, on behalf of the managing body of the unemployment insurance scheme through the intermediary of skills operators, pay the costs of professionalisation contracts for jobseekers aged 26…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Home peritoneal dialysis.

Article D6124-87

The establishment enlists the help of a team of nephrologists, each member of which is qualified or competent in nephrology. Where there is a peritoneal dialysis training and monitoring unit, the medi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-7

Complaints may not be lodged with the Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant on the grounds of : 1° The illegality on formal or procedural grounds of the deliberation instituting, on the ba…

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