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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Exercise of the right of appeal

Article 509

The case is devolved to the Court of Appeal within the limits set by the notice of appeal in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 502 and by the status of the appellant as set out in Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R519-51

…mmittee responsible for imposing the sanctions mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 519-13 and in article L. 513-14 on its members. This committee must guarantee its independence and i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Training arrangements

Article R6222-50

…dvisor responsible for the integration of people with disabilities designated by the centre in application of 1° of article L. 6231-2 , after receiving the opinion of the apprentice's attending physic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Training arrangements

Article R6222-51

…r to provide training for people with disabilities, the agreements provided for in articles L. 6232-1 and L. 6233-1 may be entered into by the apprentice training centre with, as appropriate, educatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-57

Each centre shall have an administrative social committee and, where applicable, a specialised health, safety and working conditions committee, reporting to its Director, under the conditions laid dow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Land publicity. Reform. Transitional provisions

Article 1132

…a period the expiry of which will be set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and the duration of which may not be less than five years, publicity in the real estate register may be voluntarily required,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

…r her in a position of responsibility. This is recorded in the minutes of the meeting.The committee may be co-chaired by the regional representative.The number of staff representatives and, where appl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-58

Notwithstanding article 6 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, the social committee of each centre is created by a decision of its board of directors.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and amendment of the single copy or certificate of transferability

Article R2191-50

…the terms of settlement of the contract, the purchaser shall annotate the single copy or the certificate of transferability with a note recording the change.

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