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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

I. - On completion of the removal or containment work on materials and products in list A mentioned in article R. 1334-29, the owner shall have a person mentioned in the first paragraph of article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article D6323-9

I.-To benefit from a professional transition project, the employee must be able to prove :1° At least twenty-four months' seniority, consecutive or otherwise, as an employee, including twelve months i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall not grant authorisation to the branch of the applicant third-country undertaking unless the third-country undertaking to which the branch…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

I. - Data concerning an accused person of full age shall be kept for twenty years.By way of derogation, it shall be kept:- five years when the person is accused of one of the offences provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-9

The temporary employment agency shall inform, by any means, the temporary employees of each establishment: 1° Of the communication of nominative information contained in the statements of assignment c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-41

In the absence of an agreement referred to in Article L. 3142-40, the following provisions apply: 1° The maximum number of days that may be taken as leave is nine working days per year; 2° The time li…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-36-9

Any elector may lodge a complaint against the elections with the Paris Court of Appeal within five days of the announcement of the results. The appeal shall be sent by any means that confers a certain…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A741-1

The number of commercial court registrars permanently assigned to assist the presidents of the commercial courts is set as follows:1° In commercial courts with a staff of 25 to 30 judges: 1 or 2 agent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

I. - When some of the communes of a syndicate of communes or a mixed syndicate form part of an urban community, through the creation of this community, through the merger of public establishments of i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: State

Article L111-3

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police acting in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, civil servants under the authority of the Minister responsible for…

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