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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Candidate Section

Article L1441-14

…legation of authority, is responsible for the persons in the categories mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of article L. 1423-1-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-8

When an industrial tribunal cannot be constituted, the first president of the court of appeal, at the request of the public prosecutor, appoints another industrial tribunal or, failing that, one or mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1421-2

Industrial tribunal members shall perform their duties with complete independence, impartiality, dignity and probity and shall behave in such a way as to exclude any legitimate doubt in this respect.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction by reason of subject matter.

Article L1411-5

The industrial tribunal gives its opinion on questions put to it by the administrative authority.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-1

…g of an employee, the posting declaration mentioned in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 1262-4-1 may submit a reasoned report to the competent administrative authority. The latter may order, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4

…3° Maternity protection, maternity and paternity leave, childcare leave, leave for family events; 4° Conditions of secondment and guarantees owed to employees by temporary employment agencies; 5° Ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13-2

…ed by the employee representatives on the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie from among its members;4° One male and one female representative of employers who are or have been councillors appointed by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-12

Any industrial tribunal member who, without legitimate reason and after formal notice, refuses to perform the service to which he is called may be declared to have resigned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-31

Nomination papers that do not comply with the conditions set out in articles L. 1441-28 to L. 1441-30 on the closing date for the submission of candidacies may not be registered by the administrative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-20

No list may include more candidates than the number of posts allocated per section and industrial tribunal.

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