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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 9-1

The limitation period for public prosecution of the crime provided for in Article 214-2 of the Penal Code, where it has led to the birth of a child, runs from the age of majority of the child.As an ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-9

A magistrate, responsible for monitoring the implementation and updating of the automated processing of personal data mentioned in article 230-6 and appointed for this purpose by the Minister of Justi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

The public prosecutor who chooses the simplified procedure communicates the prosecution file and his or her submissions to the president of the court. The president rules without prior discussion by m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2

Articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-8 apply to: 1° Salaried professional athletes, defined as any person whose remunerated activity is the pursuit of a sporting activity in a legally subordinate relations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article L1142-9

In companies with at least fifty employees, when the results obtained by the company with regard to the indicators mentioned in article L. 1142-8 are below a level defined by decree, the negotiations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Paternity and childcare leave.

Article L1225-35-1

It is forbidden to employ the employee during the leave referred to in 3° of article L. 3142-1 and during the four-day paternity and childcare leave period referred to in the third paragraph of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

I.-The contractual agents mentioned in article L. 1313-8 : 1° Are bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of title I of the general status…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L2192-15

The public undertakings defined in II ofArticle 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contrac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Tax credit for contributions paid to trade unions and national professional military associations

Article 199 quater C

Contributions paid to representative employee and civil servant trade union organisations within the meaning of Article L. 2121-1of the Labour Code, as well as to representative national professional…

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