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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1014

…result in cassation. The panel has jurisdiction to homologate the statement of agreement in accordance with Article 131-12 or to terminate the mediator's mission in accordance with Article 131-10.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1382

This chapter relates to the European Small Claims Procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Clai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L634-3

III of Article 8 and Articles 10-1 and 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life are applicable to any natural…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

In the event of placement under house arrest with mobile electronic surveillance, the person shall be subject to the automated processing provided for by articles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers

Article D1272-4

If, at the time of recruitment, an employment contract has been signed in accordance with articles L. 1221-1 to L. 1221-5 and articles L. 1242-12 to L. 1242-13, in the case of a fixed-term employment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-22

…2223-21 do not derogate from the provisions governing military burials. When a person whose death certificate bears the entry "Died for France" duly recorded has been buried in a perpetual or centen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22-3

…2224-12 includes in particular:1° An examination of the visible parts of the water abstraction device, well or borehole, in particular the protection and metering systems;2° An assessment of the uses…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-4

…inthe event of on-call duty is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Failure to give each employee concerned, or to keep available for the Labour Inspectorate, the document summarising the number of on-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-13

The safeguard measures provided for in article R. 4314-12 are also implemented when the Minister concerned is notified by the European Commission: 1° That a prohibition or restriction measure taken by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Powers of the Minister for Health

Article R5121-206

The detailed rules for the application of sections 1 to 12 of this chapter are determined as necessary, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médic…

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