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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Telephone information

Article L224-58

When they offer to provide a connection following the provision of a telephone number, directory enquiry providers are obliged to inform the consumer of the tariff for this connection. This informatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-53

…vities as defined by Title II of Book IV of the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-55

…within one month of the reasoned request to resume the initial activity mentioned in Article L. 1225-52, the employee returns to his previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent remuneratio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-57

…time work to raise a child is entitled to the professional interview mentioned in I of article L. 6315-1.During this interview, the employer and the employee organise the employee's return to work; th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-58

…t mentioned in article L. 6313-1, subject to the conditions of seniority mentioned in article L. 1225-47.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-51

When the employee intends to extend or modify his parental leave or his period of part-time work, he shall notify the employer at least one month before the end of the period initially planned and inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-54

Half of the period of full-time parental leave is taken into account in determining the employee's seniority rights. When an employee reduces his working hours as part of parental leave, the period of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Disputes relating to the validity of the seizure

Article R221-56

An application for a declaration of nullity does not suspend the seizure unless the court orders otherwise.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Disputes relating to the validity of the seizure

Article R221-53

Disputes concerning the seizability of the assets included in the seizure are brought before the enforcement judge by the debtor or by the bailiff acting as in matters of enforcement difficulties. Whe…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Disputes relating to the validity of the seizure

Article R221-54

The debtor may apply to have the seizure declared null and void on the grounds of a formal or substantive defect other than the unseizability of the assets included in the seizure, up until the sale o…

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