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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-23

…laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and in compliance with the fundamental principles governing electoral operations, acce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation of aid

Article R5121-24

…nted under the following conditions: 1° The training courses must last at least five hundred hours; 2° The courses must be given to employees who have been with the company for at least two years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Calculation of aid

Article R5121-25

…ethods for calculating State aid are set by joint order of the ministers responsible for employment and the budget.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-2

An employer is deemed to be in a state of insolvency within the meaning of Article L. 3253-18-1 when an application has been made to open collective proceedings based on the employer's insolvency, as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-40-2

The person placed under judicial supervision must be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction he is to reside, within a maximum of eight days of his relea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-37-2

…y be determined by the sentence enforcement judge after the judicial supervision judgment has been handed down, as long as this determination occurs before the release date. To determine the sentenced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-25

…end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the conditions of articles R. 626-39 and R. 626-40. It is communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is advertis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-22

For the application of article R. 622-17, the obligation to declare is incumbent on the administrator, where his task is to administer the company alone. For the application of article R. 622-20, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-26

…631-17 indicates the number of employees whose redundancy is authorised as well as the activities and professional categories concerned.The order is notified to the social and economic committee or,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-20

Articles R. 622-9 and R. 622-13 to R. 622-20 are applicable to receivership proceedings, subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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