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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Workers in identical jobs with several employers

Article D4624-59

The health monitoring provided for in Article L. 4624-1-1 is applicable to workers who meet the following conditions: 1° The worker simultaneously performs at least two employment contracts, whether f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 54

1. Subject to the age conditions laid down by the laws in force, customs officers of all grades must take an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction their place of residence is situat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to certain contraventions

Article 529

For the contraventions listed by decree in the Council of State, public action is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine, which is exclusive of the application of the rules on repeat offences.How…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Representation at national and multi-industry level

Article L2152-2

The following professional employers' organisations are representative at national and multi-sector level:1° Which meet the criteria mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 2151-1 ; 2° Which are represent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Forms of appeal

Article 590

The pleadings shall contain the grounds of cassation and refer to the legal texts whose infringement is alleged. They are drawn up on a stamp, unless the applicant is a person sentenced to a criminal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-23

The suspension of an online public communication service may be ordered by the interim relief judge for the facts provided for in Article 421-2-5 of the Criminal Code when they constitute a manifestly…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to borough mayors, deputy borough mayors and borough councillors (R).

Article R2511-21

For the application of article R. 2123-5, the number of hours credited for one quarter is equal to: 1° One hundred and five hours for arrondissement mayors; 2° Fifty-two and a half hours for deputy ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 504

A petition containing the grounds of appeal may be submitted within the time limits laid down for the statement of appeal to the court registry; it shall be signed by the appellant or by a lawyer regi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised examinations and samples.

Article R232-67

The agreement provided for in II of article L. 232-5 specifies the conditions under which the French Anti-Doping Agency transmits information to the Ministry responsible for sport to enable the State…

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