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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-67

An employee participating in a mission outside France on behalf of a humanitarian association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-68

The period of leave cannot be deducted from the period of paid annual leave and is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining the legal and collective bargaining benefits linke…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96-142…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64

…ort mentioning: 1° The reasons justifying the placement in police custody, in accordance with 1° to 6° of l'article 62-2 ; 2° The duration of the hearings of the person in police custody and the rest…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

…adaptations provided for from II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 5211-16 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-17 (with the exception of the third and sixth paragraphs) l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63

…n's placement in police custody. He shall inform him of the reasons justifying, pursuant to Article 62-2, this placement and inform him of the classification of the facts that he has notified to the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-6

In principle, the confiscation order is transmitted for enforcement to a single State. If the confiscation order relates to specific items of property, the public prosecutor shall transmit it, togethe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-64

…electronic voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and civil liberties and in com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-63

Voting may take place electronically. Electronic voting excludes all other voting methods. The electoral regulations set out the conditions under which nurses who are not equipped for electronic votin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

…istrate, arbitrator or counsel, or if he has given evidence as a witness on the facts of the trial; 6° If there has been a trial between the judge, his spouse, his partner linked by a civil solidarity…

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