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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-8

The amount of the fixed fine may be paid either into the hands of the ticketing officer when the offence is established, or within fifteen days of the offence being established or, if the notice of of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-11

The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to the special investigative techniques mentioned in this section. These special investigative techniques may be implemented if the requirements of the inv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-14

The decisions of the enforcement judge and the enforcement court are provisionally enforceable. However, where the public prosecutor's appeal is lodged within twenty-four hours of notification, it sus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-34

Intermittent employment contracts are open-ended contracts. It may be concluded to fill a permanent position which, by its very nature, involves alternating periods of work and periods of non-work. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-98

No employer may terminate an employee's contract of employment on the grounds that the employer or the employee is subject to national service obligations, or is called up for national service in perf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-1

The powers devolved to the département by article L. 1423-1 and article L. 2111-2 are exercised, under the authority and responsibility of the president of the département council, by the departmental…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L3355-7

Infringement of the provisions of a judgement or the law prohibiting the practice of the profession of public housekeeper is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 4,500 euros. For the du…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-80

Selective financial aid is also awarded to production companies, whether or not they hold an automatic audiovisual production account, for the production of audiovisual works in the following genres:…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R328-7

When the withdrawal of approval is pronounced after a contract has been extended under the conditions provided for in I of article L. 138-2, the stipulations of this contract immediately cease to have…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-18

In the event of non-compliance of an application for registration, reasoned notification shall be given to the applicant. The applicant shall be given a period in which to regularise the application o…

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