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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-53

Within a clear period of seven days, the employer must inform the following of any suspension or termination of the employment contract that occurs before the end of the period for which work integrat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-28

Within a clear period of seven days, the employer must inform the following of any suspension or termination of the employment contract that occurs before the end of the period for which work integrat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R596-2

…the following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R595-2

…the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age;Article L. 113-9-1 is applicable in the wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1658 of 15 December 2021.Articles L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-19

…he provisions of article 81, I of article 83, articles 84 and 85, I of article 87, articles 88 and 89, the first five paragraphs of article 90, articles 91 and 92, the first paragraph of article 93, I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Health, safety and working conditions committee

Article R1233-25-4

…provisions of Article 81, II of Article 83, Articles 84 and 85, II of Article 87, Articles 88 and 89, the first five paragraphs of Article 90, Articles 92, 93, I and III of Article 94 and Articles 95…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

…he contribution of the transaction to one or more of the environmental objectives listed in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework for sustainable investment and ame…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

…om Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 relating to the legislative part of the Consumer Code L. 711-9 Resulting from the loi n° 2022-172 du 14 février 2022 en faveur de l'activité professionnelle indé…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-29

If the Investigating Chamber finds that the legal conditions for extradition have been met, it shall issue a judgment in which it acknowledges the person claimed's formal consent to be extradited and,…

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