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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-24

…ne by deliberation the terms under which this accommodation is allocated to him or her. Where the domain of the territorial collectivity does not include such accommodation, the assembly of French Gui…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24

Under Article 138, the investigating judge may order the person under investigation to set up, within a period that he or she determines, one or more personal or real sureties intended to guarantee th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-49

When the penal composition has been validated or, in the case provided for by article R. 15-33-40-1, where the proposed measures have been accepted, the public prosecutor may appoint a delegate or med…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-36

Where, on the one hand, the request for information relates to an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Article 695-23 and punishable in France by a custodial sentence of at least thr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14-3

The competent magistrate must inform the interested party of his decision by registered letter within three months of receipt of the request, either by himself or by the public prosecutor of the inter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-5

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 559-1 allowing the public prosecutor to extend the time limit for service of a decision to up to three months shall also apply to service issued at th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-3

…ntioned in 1° of Article L. 6332-3, the ancillary costs generated by the mobility of apprentices to mainland France or to other overseas territories.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-10

When the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment considers imposing the penalty referred to in Article L. 1142-10, he shall inform the employer, by any means wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Staff and operating expenses

Article R1423-52

The registry directors keep the administrative accounts of the operating expenses set out in article R. 1423-51. A registry official other than the registry director is authorised to receive the sums…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-12

If the claimant does not appear on the day set for the attempted conciliation without having provided proof in good time of a legitimate reason, article L. 1454-1-3 is applied, unless the conciliation…

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