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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D5151-12

…en the holder of the civic commitment account does not fall into one of the situations mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 5151-2, a body designated by order of the minister responsible for vocational…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary suspension of right to practise on grounds of infirmity or medical condition

Article R4221-15-3

The provisions of articles R. 4221-15-1 and R. 4221-15-2 are applicable before the National Council. The decisions of the National Council are also notified to the competent Regional Council or Centra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 120-1

Where the person under investigation or the assisted witness is implicated by several persons, they may request, in accordance with the first paragraph of

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-8

…on of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel is governed by the rules defined by articles 23-4 to 23-7 of the aforementioned Order no. 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 and by the provisions of thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personalised project for access to employment and reasonable offer of employment.

Article R5411-14

…n up jointly by the jobseeker and Pôle emploi or one of the organisations mentioned in article L. 5411-6-1 when the jobseeker is registered on the jobseekers' list or at the latest within thirty days…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuation of the business.

Article R622-14

The decision of the official receiver authorising the cash contributions referred to in 2° and the payment deadlines referred to in 3° of III of article L. 622-17 shall be entered in the register kept…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting the payment deadline

Article L2192-11

The contracting entities referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 1212-1 shall pay the principal sums due under a contract in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 441-10, in 5° of II o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment services

Article R752-14

Article R. 314-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-1

I.- For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Preventive treatment": any individual or collective prophylactic treatment applied to healthy animals exposed to a risk…

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