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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-23

The employer may refuse to grant the leave if he establishes that this refusal is justified by the particular needs of his company or its operations. This refusal may only be made after consultation w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-41

During the pre-liquidation period, the fund :1° May no longer arrange for new subscriptions of units other than those of its unitholders on the date of its entry into the pre-liquidation period in ord…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L213-29

…ghts mentioned in Title II of Book III of Part One of the Intellectual Property Code. The agreement may be made binding on all interested parties in the sector of activity concerned by order of the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-40

…an amending decision when : 1° One of the titles or chapters on the list mentioned in article R. 6145-14 is insufficiently funded; 2° Expenditure incurred on an account that may not have been allocat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control

Article R752-44-18

For the application of the provisions of article L. 752-5-1 and of II of article L. 752-23, the Prefect may appoint officials authorised for this purpose by the Minister for the Economy to carry out i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The consultation procedure provided for in Article L. 752-4

Article R752-24

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Emergency care teaching centres and emergency first aid training

Article D6311-24

…te training institutes preparing for one of the health professions listed in part four of this code may take part in the work of the regional network.Health establishments with an emergency care teach…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article R15-41-3

…conditions laid down by law have been met, he will issue a certificate to the interested party, who may then apply to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations for the sums deposited to be paid to him wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

…tion decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation decision within twenty-one days of receipt of the complete document dr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-4

…days after the expiry of the periods laid down in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 221-24, of 5% if the delay is between ten and twenty days, of 10% if the delay is between twenty and thi…

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