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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-5

In addition, the following attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity:1° The departmental director of fire and rescue services;2° The chief medical officer of the health sub-dir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-24

The payment service user shall report an unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transaction to his payment service provider without delay and at the latest within thirteen months of the debit da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract if she is medically pregnant, during all the periods of suspension of the employment contract to which she is entitled by virtue of maternit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-16

Any clause which modifies the conditions for continuing a current contract by reducing the debtor's rights or increasing his obligations solely as a result of the appointment of a mandataire ad hoc pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-53

I. - The articles L. 2334-26 to L. 2334-30 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of article L. 2334-27, in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-15

The French judicial authorities shall once again have jurisdiction, at the initiative of the executing State, in the event of non-compliance with the obligations or injunctions mentioned in the senten…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-48

The certificate of non-payment provided for in article L. 131-73 must comply with a model set by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Economy. It must include all information…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-27

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 1321-47, when the quality limits are not complied with and whether or not this non-compliance is attributable to the private distribution system, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cost recovery

Article R4314-15

In the event of non-conformity of equipment established by checks carried out by the market surveillance authority, the costs which may be charged to the economic operator in question on the basis of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-5

The application is complete on the day that the Director General of the Regional Health Agency receives all the documents provided for in Article R. 6322-4. However, the application is deemed to be co…

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