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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133-1

…or ten years on the DEMAT @ MIANTE platform. At the end of this period, the data mentioned in 1° to 20° of the same article are archived for a further period of forty years by the Minister responsible…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-21

…nables them to benefit from the training and preparation provided for in 1° to 3° of article R. 221-20. Espoir centres" may only take in athletes who are at least twelve years old or enrolled in a sec…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-2

…ights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences set out in articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the French Criminal Code as well as the offences set out in the provisions of this Code, which…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

…sions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and of the arrangements, additional acts and closing protocols which have modified or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-4

…n in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is replaced by the amo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

…ided for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 2223-2 is appli…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-8

The total amount of bonuses distributed to beneficiaries must not exceed 20% of the total gross salaries and, where applicable, of the annual remuneration or professional income of the beneficiaries m…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-6

…Code" are replaced by the words: "subject to the provisions of Article 28-7 of Order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity and d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-21-19

…hall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is the subject, spe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-2

…iété de crédit foncier.II. - The exposures referred to in 5 of I of Article L. 513-4 may not exceed 20% of the nominal amount of the obligations foncières and other resources benefiting from the privi…

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