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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-13

…n it is pre-financed by a public entity or a private entity entrusted with a public service mission;2° The special payment voucher is not named until it is allocated to the beneficiary in an emergency…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duration of the contract

Article D1242-7

The fixed-term employment contract concluded to help older employees return to work, as provided for in article D. 1242-2, may be concluded for a maximum period of eighteen months. It may be renewed o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-6

…urbance to public safety or peace; b) An attack on persons, property or the authority of the State; 2° During procedures to investigate the causes of death mentioned in Article 74 or to search for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2

…itory may temporarily second employees: 1° To a user undertaking established on national territory; 2° To a user undertaking established outside national territory and temporarily carrying out an acti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-28

…sequences of the infringement, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party; 2° The non-material damage caused to the injured party; 3° And the profits made by the infringer, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-4-2

The deliberative assemblies of the territorial authorities and their groupings determine the conditions for the allocation, liquidation, payment, cancellation and repayment of aid granted under this s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-1

…cutor with territorial jurisdiction shall decide whether it is appropriate: 1° Either to prosecute; 2° Or to implement an alternative procedure to prosecution pursuant to the provisions of articles 41…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 434

1. In the case of the offences referred to in articles 424-2°and 427-1°, confiscation may only be ordered in respect of the objects of fraud. However, the goods concealing the fraud and the means of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-6

…is section shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38, the penalties set out in 2° to 5° and 7° to 9° of article 131-39. The prohibition referred to in 2° of article 131-39 applies…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article L161-3

The sums due in execution of a court decision, an agreement or a deed mentioned in 2° to 5° of I of article 373-2-2 of the Civil Code that is enforceable by virtue of maintenance payments, contributio…

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