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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation.

Article L1271-4

For employees whose number of hours worked does not exceed a threshold set by decree, the remuneration shown on the universal service voucher includes an indemnity in lieu of paid holiday equal to one…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determination of seats allocated to organisations

Article L1441-4

The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Labour determine the number of seats allocated for the duration of the term of office to the trade union and professional organisations per industrial tribu…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-4

Under no circumstances may the periods provided for in article L. 412-3 be less than one month or more than one year. In setting these deadlines, account is taken of the good or bad will shown by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-49

If the public prosecutor refuses to approve the adaptation proposal that he has made, he may either submit a new request to the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him, submittin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Tied agents

Article L545-4

Natural persons who are tied agents of investment service providers, as well as natural persons who have the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as tied agents of investment service…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-4

The national commission, on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the G…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44

The opposition referred to in Article L. 613-23 shall be filed within a period of nine months following publication in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the mention of the grant of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-43

The arrondissement mayor commits and authorises expenditure entered in the special statement once it has become enforceable, in accordance with the rules applicable to expenditure authorised by the ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R131-49

Where the account holder is subject to compulsory registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector and the amount of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R641-40

In application of Article L. 641-15, the liquidator may, by order of the juge-commissaire, ask the legal representative of the legal entity or the debtor who is a natural person or any other employee…

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