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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60-1

…essential element of the employment contract for one of the economic reasons set out in article L. 1233-3, he shall make the proposal to the employee by registered letter with acknowledgement of rece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-6

…yee trade union organisations that meet the criteria of respect for republican values, independence and financial transparency, that have been legally constituted for at least two years and whose arti…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6-1

…France Mobilités may award an overall contract to an economic operator for the design, construction and fitting out of maintenance and storage sites for the modes of transport (bus, tramway, tram-trai…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-47-1

…owing a request for extradition from the French Government, the person has already been surrendered and where, in the absence of a waiver of the principle of speciality by the person or by the foreign…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-1

…of the public prosecutor or the parties, that this identity not be mentioned during public hearings and not appear in the orders, judgments or rulings of the investigating or trial court that are like…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI bis: Protection of persons benefiting from exemptions or reductions in penalties for having prevented the commission of offences, for having stopped or mitigated the damage caused by an offence, or for having identified the perpetrators or accomplices of offences

Article 706-63-1

The persons mentioned in Article 132-78 of the Penal Code shall, where necessary, be subject to protection designed to ensure their safety. They may also benefit from measures designed to ensure their…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-6-1

…he actuarial function requires the persons performing it to have a degree of knowledge of actuarial and financial mathematics commensurate with the nature, scale and complexity of the risks inherent i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-6-1

The electronic trade in medicinal products referred to in article L. 5125-33 is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-6-1

…ine. The application of the provisions of this article is without prejudice to those of article R. 322-7 of the Highway Code punishing failure to declare a change of address within one month to the ve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article R57-6-17

The broadcasting of the image or voice of detainees awaiting trial is authorised by the judge in charge of the case.

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