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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Appeals

Article R4723-1

An appeal against a formal notice as provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 4723-1 must be lodged with the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Legal proceedings

Article R8242-1

…the nature and purpose of the action envisaged by the trade union organisation and indicates that : 1° The employee may inform the trade union organisation of his opposition to the planned action with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal proceedings

Article D8233-1

…the nature and purpose of the action envisaged by the trade union organisation and indicates that : 1° The employee may inform the trade union organisation of his opposition to the planned action with…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R421-1

…of article L. 421-1, the following are punishable by the penalties laid down in article L. 422-1 : 1° The fact, for an operator of a cinema, of setting up a cinema access scheme without having obtain…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-12

The financial holding companies referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article L. 517-1, the parent undertakings of finance companies referred to in the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Deductibles, exclusions from cover, forfeiture and recourse by the insurer.

Article R211-10

…Article L. 211-1, the insurance contract may contain clauses excluding cover in the following cases:1° Where, at the time of the claim, the driver is not of the required age or does not hold the valid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article L5218-11

…f its creation, from a global operating allocation equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality allocation, calculated in the first year of collection of the global operat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-16

The person digitally transmits, in the formats indicated on the site " www. antai. fr fr ": 1° In the case provided for in 1° of Article A. 36-15, a copy of the receipt for the complaint lodged for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification of claims.

Article L625-5

Disputes submitted to the industrial tribunal pursuant to articles L. 625-1 and L. 625-4 are brought directly before the adjudication board.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-13

The initial endowment of the local authority, provided for by article R. 2221-1, represents the counterpart of the receivables as well as the contributions in kind or in cash made by the local authori…

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