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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article R3142-44

In the absence of an agreement or convention as referred to in article L. 3142-58, the employer may refuse to grant training leave for managers and youth workers if he establishes that the number of e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Designation of national police judicial police officers

Article A21

The secretariat of the committee submits to the chair of the jury:1° Copies for which an eliminatory mark is proposed, under the conditions laid down in article A. 15 of this code. These copies are ma…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-4

…n the context of the free provision of services, when the Minister responsible for sport considers, after consulting the permanent cross-country skiing section of the training and employment commissio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-1

Any natural or legal person who may be held liable under articles 1792 to 1792-4 of this code is discharged from the liabilities and guarantees incumbent on it, pursuant to articles 1792 to 1792-2, af…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-6

Any person summoned or heard, including during the explanations provided for in 3° of article L. 232-18-4, has the right to be assisted by counsel of his choice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Informing the authorities about risk prevention

Article R4411-44

The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is empowered to provide any person who so requests and who is interested in the protection of workers, in particular the occupational physician and members of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Summons to court and service of documents

Article A444-12

If, from the customer's request, the following services are performed within a period shorter than the reference period specified in the table below, they shall give rise to the collection of the incr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49-4

I.-Any marketing authorisation holder and any pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product in France shall build up a safety stock intended for the national market referred to in article L. 5…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3 : Assignment of civil servants from the corps d'encadrement et d'application de la police nationale with the status of judicial police officer to the departments referred to in article 16 (4°)

Article A35

The civil servants of the corps d'encadrement et d'application de la police nationale referred to in Article 16 (4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and having the status of judicial police officer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: While the State responsible for examining the asylum application is being determined and for the purposes of enforcing the transfer decision

Article L751-4

In the event of house arrest pursuant to article L. 751-2, the provisions of articles L. 572-7, L. 732-1, L. 732-3, L. 732-7, L. 733-1 to L. 733-4 and L. 733-8 to L. 733-12 shall apply.However, for th…

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