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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-36

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the Criminal Code, the offences defined in Article L. 2223-35 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accord…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-37

The provisions of articles L. 2223-35 and L. 2223-36 do not apply to public authorities which, pursuant to a legislative or regulatory text, are required either to provide all or part of funeral opera…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-3

…lotment may be applied for jointly by several successors in order to keep the undivided property together. Failing amicable agreement, the application for preferential allotment is brought before the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 831-3

…surviving spouse. The rights resulting from preferential allotment are without prejudice to the lifetime rights of habitation and use that the spouse may exercise under article 764.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the amount of fixed fines and indemnities, reduced fixed fines and increased fixed fines as well as the costs of setting up the case and shall specify the term…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-3

…to a maximum of 22 years or, where applicable, up to the maximum period of imprisonment specially set by the Assize Court pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 221-3, the last paragraph of arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-38

…n agreement, the compulsory counterpart in the form of time off mentioned in article L. 3121-30 is set at 50% of the overtime hours worked in excess of the annual quota mentioned in the same article L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3131-3

In the absence of an agreement, in the event of an exceptional increase in activity, the minimum daily rest period may be waived under conditions defined by decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-36

In the absence of an agreement, overtime worked in excess of the legal weekly working hours set out in article L. 3121-27 or the working hours considered to be equivalent give rise to an increase in p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-39

In the absence of an agreement, a decree determines the annual quota defined in article L. 3121-30 as well as the characteristics and conditions for taking the compulsory compensatory rest for any ove…

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