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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Limitation period for wrongful acts.

Article L1332-5

No penalty imposed more than three years prior to the commencement of disciplinary proceedings may be invoked in support of a new penalty.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Limitation period for wrongful acts.

Article L1332-4

No act of misconduct may in itself give rise to disciplinary proceedings after a period of two months from the date on which the employer became aware of it, unless the act in question gave rise to cr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Limitation period for wrongful acts

Article R1332-4

The provisions of article R. 1332-3 apply to the two-month period provided for in article L. 1332-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L712-4

The Minister responsible for the economy shall draw up a list of EU regulations on restrictive measures taken in application of Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L712-1

…3 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.The legal acts and rules of European Union law necessary for the proper functioning of Economic and Monetary Union relating to banking and fina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L712-2

For the application of the provisions of Books I to VI of this Code in Saint-Barthélemy, subject to the adaptations in this Book:1° The provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L712-3

For the application to Saint-Barthélemy of the legal acts of the European Union mentioned in article L. 712-1: 1° References to the European Union and the Member States are replaced by references to F…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV bis: Conflict of laws rules

Article 202-1

…s required to be able to contract marriage are governed, for each of the spouses, by their personal law. Whatever the applicable personal law, marriage requires the consent of the spouses, within the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV bis: Conflict of laws rules

Article 202-2

…iage is validly celebrated if it was celebrated in accordance with the formalities laid down by the law of the State in whose territory the celebration took place.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-8

Subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph, any request for extradition shall be sent to the French government through diplomatic channels and accompanied either by a judgment or a sentence, ev…

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