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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-59

…d to in Article L. 3142-58, the following provisions apply:1° The maximum total number of days that may be taken as leave is six working days per year ;2° The leave may only be combined with economic,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures

Article R2372-5

…award of a project management contract relating to the refurbishment of a structure, the purchaser may use a competitive dialogue when the conditions for using this procedure are met. A jury may be s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedures for publication of concession notices

Article R3122-5

A concession notice may not be published in any medium other than the Official Journal of the European Union before it has been published by the Publications Office of the European Union.The awarding…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The impact of transactions

Article L481-13

A victim who has entered into a settlement with one of the joint and several co-debtors may only claim from the other co-debtors not party to the settlement the amount of his loss less the share of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-1

The Competition Authority may, at the request of the Minister responsible for the economy, the persons mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 462-1 or companies, or on its own initiative and af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-22

I. - The liquidator may not, without the agreement of the debtor, realise assets or rights acquired under a succession opened after the opening or pronouncement of the judicial liquidation, or bring a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-16

…h the administrative department that records the sampling. An order of the Minister for the Economy may authorise samples to be sent to any other administrative department. The administrative departme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-9

Aforeign nationals may not be held in an administrative detention facility after the liberty and custody judge has extended their detention pursuant to article L. 742-3.However, in the event of an app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 759

Individuals against whom the constraint has been pronounced may prevent or cease its effects either by paying or depositing a sum sufficient to extinguish their debt, or by providing a surety recognis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-3

…e disposal of the property assigned as security.Where the trustee is not the creditor, the creditor may require the trustee to surrender the property, which it may then freely dispose of, or, if the a…

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