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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article R57-10

…ial court or by the sentence enforcement judge in application of the provisions of articles 138 and 723-7 of this code and articles 132-25 and 132-26 of the Criminal Code shall be carried out under th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-23

…t ordering the partial cessation of activity is communicated to the persons cited in article R. 621-7 and mentioned in the registers provided for in the first four paragraphs of Article R. 621-8.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to accountants (R)

Article D1617-21

…ns, the order transactions of the local authorities and establishments referred to in article D. 1617-19 as well as the payments of the organisations referred to in the second paragraph of article D.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Document retention periods

Article R2223-55-1

…e prior declarations and supporting documents mentioned in articles R. 2213-2-2, R. 2213-5, R. 2213-7, R. 2213-8, R. 2213-8-1, R. 2213-10, R. 2213-13, R. 2213-14, R. 2213-21 and R. 2213-28 are kept fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-15

…rson shall be informed ten days before the date of the adversarial hearing provided for in articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8 by registered letter if he or she is not imprisoned and by the prison registry…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-26

…of days taken into account for the additional remuneration mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 4163-7 is equal to the following product: Number of points used/10 X 60/ working time reduction coefficie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-4

…view to enabling them to acquire a qualification, pursuant to II a of Article 82 of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 on the division of powers between the communes, départements, regions and the State,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article D211-1 A

…rates, yields, units mentioned in article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Processing asylum applications

Article R591-12-1

…decision within twenty-one days of the application being submitted. " Article R. 5° Article R. 531-7 is replaced by the following provisions: "Art. R. 531-7 -The French Office for the Protection of R…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Policing of teaching activities

Article L212-13

…ly, from performing all or some of the functions mentioned in articles L. 212-1, L. 223-1 or L. 322-7 or from working with minors in the physical activity and sports establishments mentioned in articl…

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