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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-13

…gulations and receive from the mayor the delegations provided for in articles L. 2122-18 to L. 2122-20. The deputy mayor also performs the duties of deputy mayor of the new commune, without being coun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…al Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions provided for in article 689-1 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-18

…containing the parties' proposals as they stand, the joint committee referred to in article L. 2261-20 is convened on the initiative of the Minister for Labour in order to start or continue the negoti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-74

…those listed in Annex III of this law, and in the companies covered by I of Article 7 of Order no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 on the governance and capital transactions of companies with public share…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-21

…ces and for the duration of such circumstances, the maximum working time defined in article L. 3121-20 may be exceeded by the administrative authority, under conditions determined by decree of the Con…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-11

…by the addressee of a recommendation referred to in the first or second paragraph of Article L. 331-20 shall be investigated only if it includes the file number given in that recommendation.Receipt of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-54

…the personal data and information recorded in the automated processing mentioned in Article D. 553-20 to D. 553-23, agents of the Agence de services et de paiement, individually designated and specia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-25

…price fixing made, as the case may be, pursuant to Article L. 145-11 or pursuant to article R. 145-20; 2° Indication of other claims; 3° Explanations of law and fact capable of justifying the claims…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-22

…ion of data entered in the directory: a) Upon expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 53-21-20 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions mentioned in article R. 53-21-21; c) When informed of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-55

By way of derogation from Article R. 521-20, the deletion of the registration shall be requested by the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets, which shall produce in…

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