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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-2

Where the total term of imprisonment, including any revocation of a suspended sentence, is more than one year, the criminal court which does not issue a warrant for arrest or detention pursuant to Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12

The costs that must be borne by the employer pursuant to article L. 224-15 are : 1° Where the collective company pension savings plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account: recurring charg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-1-1

…tion of pre-trial detention, the duration of which is deducted in full, in accordance with Article 716-4 of this Code, from that of the prison sentence handed down.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-17

An entreprise de travail temporaire d'insertion may enter into open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-10-15 up to 20% of the number of full-time jobs for integration set out in the agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of chiropodists

Article R4322-31

The provisions of this Code of Ethics apply to all chiropodists registered with the Register of Chiropodists and performing a professional act under the conditions set out in Articles L. 4322-1, L. 43…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Label.

Article R5132-38

Containers or packaging containing medicinal products covered by the narcotics regulations and not packaged for the public must bear a label of a size appropriate to their volume, affixed in such a wa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

…an inability to certify, he shall communicate the reasons to the bodies mentioned in Article L. 823-16 of the Commercial Code. 07. In accordance with the power conferred on him by the aforementioned A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379-0 bis

…furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling under the tax regime provided for in Article 1609 nonies C :1° Urban communities, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° of II;1° bis Metrop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-6

…ons under which it is carried out do not comply with the fundamental principles set out in articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code or the ethical principles set out in this Title and in Title I of Book…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-2

…owing provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording res…

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