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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L5151-6

…the account and use them by accessing a free online service. This online service is managed by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, without prejudice to article L. 4162-11. The Caisse des dépôts e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-6

The commission instituted in II of article L. 1424-36-1 referred to above is chaired by the prefect of the defence and security zone, or, in his absence, by the delegate prefect for defence and securi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the college and compensation offer

Article R1142-63-30

…g pregnancy and on the liabilities incurred. For each head of loss, it specifies the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage attributable.The parties involved must inform the Office wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-68

…guarantee the commitments made by controlled companies within the meaning of II of article L. 233-16. The Board may also authorise the Executive Board to grant, in the aggregate and without limit as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IVa: The manner in which statements are received from staff of certain specialised departments or units

Article 656-1

…ce and security, his or her real identity must never appear during the legal proceedings.Where applicable, his membership of one of these services and the reality of his mission shall be certified by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article L2315-61

…he employer pays the social and economic committee an annual operating subsidy equivalent to : 1° 0.20% of the gross payroll in companies with between fifty and less than two thousand employees ; 2° 0…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-6

Subject to the provisions of article R. 623-7, in order to be registered, the denomination must enable the variety to be identified from any other variety and avoid any risk of confusion with any othe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-4

…time of the offence for which extradition is requested; 2° Where the crime or offence is of a political nature or where it is clear from the circumstances that extradition is requested for a political…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting rules.

Article R144-6

…the consolidated balance sheet of the European System of Central Banks in accordance with Article 26 of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community on the Statute of the Eu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-6

…for the distribution of sums due to rights holders; 2° The general policy for the use of sums that cannot be distributed; 3° The general policy for the investment of income from the exploitation of r…

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