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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

…ken by the first president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is attached to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-8

Where the person under investigation intends to refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber pursuant to the provisions of Articles 140, third paragraph, 148, sixth paragraph, or 148-4, his request i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 150

The compensation awarded pursuant to this sub-section shall be borne by the State, except for recourse by the latter against the informer in bad faith or the false witness whose fault caused the deten…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-24

The procedure for extending a branch agreement or a professional or cross-industry agreement is initiated at the request of one of the representative employers' or employees' organisations mentioned i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-25

…ollective Bargaining, any clauses that conflict with legal provisions. The Minister may also refuse to extend a collective agreement on grounds of general interest, in particular on the grounds that i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-27

…he most representative organisations concerned;2° Where the agreement does not include all the mandatory clauses listed in Article L. 2261-22;3° Where the agreement does not cover all the occupational…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-30

If an agreement is subsequently concluded in a territorial or professional sector which has been the subject of an extension order, the latter becomes null and void with regard to the employers bound…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-31

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply to : 1° Agreements relating to unemployment insurance as provided for in article L. 5422-20; 2° Agreements concluded within the framework of a conventio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-26

When the amendments to an extended agreement only concern wages, they are subject to an accelerated examination procedure, the terms of which are defined by regulation after consultation of the Nation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-27-1

…resentative in the field of application of an agreement or their amendments, shall refer the matter to a group of experts responsible for assessing the economic and social effects likely to result fro…

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