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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-77

In order to implement the employee's right to the leave referred to in article L. 3142-75, a company collective agreement or agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or agreement determines the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Action for cessation of unlawful conduct

Article L621-7

…the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 as amended on injunctions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730

…granted by the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the procedures laid down by l'article 712-6. In other cases, conditional release is granted by the sentence enforcement court in accordanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Exercising the right of recourse

Article R40-7

If this has not already been requested during the proceedings before the first president of the court of appeal, the applicant and the judicial agent of the State may have copies of the criminal proce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 733

…e conditional release decision, that decision may be revoked, following the distinctions of article 730, either by the sentence enforcement judge or by the sentence enforcement court, in accordance wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

…f free transfer duties, it is carried out in the case of a gift or, where the provisions of article 796-0 ter are not applicable, in the case of inheritance, an allowance of €15,932 is made on the sha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 76

…arties to take each other as spouses, and the pronouncement of their union by the civil registrar ; 7° The forenames, surnames, occupations, domiciles of the witnesses and their status as adults; 8° T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 786

…11 juillet 1966 ;6° Inheritors in the direct descending line of the persons referred to in 1° to 5°;7° Adoptees, former political deportees or children of deportees who have no natural family in the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-76

After any accident or disaster, in particular a chimney fire, or after any work has been carried out, the use of the flues and appliances connected to them is prohibited until they have been repaired…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-77

This article applies to the maintenance of closed fireplaces, heating appliances and cooking appliances, with the exception of solid fuel boilers, as well as to the sweeping of flues of open and close…

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