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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-6

Participation means the influence exercised by the body representing the employees or by the employees' representatives on the affairs of a company in the following ways: - either by exercising their…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D7

…technical and forensic police service, these operations are carried out by the specialists usually called in by the first responders. When it is necessary to carry out technical or scientific examina…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-50

…e financing of the measures provided for in article L. 1233-65, the skills operators respond to the calls for projects mentioned in article R. 6332-106 in order to receive financing from the joint fun…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-26

…ble to sit, the first non-elected full member candidate in the order of presentation of the list is called upon. However, for the replacement of either the president of a community or agglomeration un…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article R4233-8

…e date of the election, the presidents of the regional, central and national councils shall issue a call for candidates for the seats of the members to be elected. This call shall inform the pharmacis…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 2255

Possession is the holding or enjoyment of a thing or right which we hold or exercise by ourselves, or by another who holds or exercises it on our behalf.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 582

…osition seeks to have a judgment retracted or reformed in favour of the third party attacking it.It calls into question in relation to its author the points of judgment that it criticises, so that a n…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 615

…assation proceedings. In the same case, the appeal lodged against one is admissible only if all are called to the proceedings.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-5

…at could undermine the serenity of the committees' work or their ethical obligations, or that could call into question the opinions given and decisions taken.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-149-2

…e capital which have been used or which have been acquired by the issuing company or by the company called upon to issue new equity securities shall be cancelled by the issuing company.

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