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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-16

The amount of the costs mentioned in 3° of articles R. 224-1 and R. 224-2 is set at €1,500.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-18

…lishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may provide for the employer to : 1° Offer the part-time employee a full-time job or a job at least equal to the minimum duration ment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-17

…working hours at the request of employees. In this case, the agreement or convention provides for : 1° The conditions under which full-time employees may hold a part-time job and part-time employees m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R916-1

In article R. 600-3, the words: "in mainland France" are replaced by the words: "in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon", and the words: "in the tables in appendices 6-1 and 6-2 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-12

…y may treat the retail client as a professional client, provided that it complies with the criteria and procedure set out in Article D. 533-12-1. However, non-professional clients must not be presumed…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…city or competitive tendering when, due to compelling urgency resulting from external circumstances and which it could not foresee, it is not possible to comply with the minimum time limits required b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 868

In addition to their obligations under Article 867, bailiffs and court clerks shall keep, in a register, listed and initialled under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of III of Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-21

…n opinion on initial research projects involving the human person, the Committee gives its opinion :1° On substantial modification projects ;2° In application of the second paragraph of Article L. 121…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of article 175, ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-12

…n to a fine in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 131-38 of the French Penal Code: 1° (Repealed) ; 2° Posting the decision or broadcasting it either in the written press or by any mea…

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