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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Members of a regional cross-industry joint committee

Article L243-11-1

Breaking the employment contract of an employee who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1, of an employee appearing on the electoral propaganda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-1

The authorisation application comprises two parts. The first part gives details identifying the applicant, the products whose wholesale is envisaged, the surface areas envisaged by the project as well…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 ter : Taxation of capital gains realised under a construction lease

Article 151 quater

Where the construction lease provided for by the articles L. 251-1 to L. 251-8 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation is accompanied by a clause providing for the transfer of ownership of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6224-1

The Territorial Council determines, by analogy with the rules applicable to the departmental councils of the départements and to the regional councils, the guarantees granted to the territorial counci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6325-1

The Territorial Council determines, by analogy with the rules applicable to the departmental councils of the départements and to the regional councils, the guarantees granted to the territorial counci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Terms and conditions of office

Article LO6434-1

The Territorial Council determines, by analogy with the rules applicable to departmental councils and regional councils, the guarantees granted to the territorial councillors of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquel…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 197

The Public Prosecutor notifies each of the parties and their lawyer by registered letter of the date on which the case will be called for hearing. Notification shall be made to the detained person by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 192

The functions of the public prosecutor with the investigating chamber are performed by the public prosecutor or his deputies; those of the registry by a registrar of the court of appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194

The Public Prosecutor shall prepare the case for trial within forty-eight hours of receipt of the documents in matters of pre-trial detention and within ten days in all other matters; he shall submit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 195

In cases brought before the criminal or police courts and until the opening of the hearings, the public prosecutor, if he considers that the facts are susceptible of a more serious classification than…

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