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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 789

If since the offence the convicted person has rendered eminent services to the country, the application for rehabilitation is not subject to any condition of time or completion of sentence. In this ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 868-2

In New Caledonia, where the convicted person is a minor, the service responsible for the judicial protection of children or its director carries out the duties devolved, as appropriate, to the prison…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Other guidelines

Article R5213-87

When the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personnes handicapées (Commission for the Rights and Independence of Disabled People) considers a move to the labour market or to a work-assisted e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-80

The employee may, at his convenience, benefit from the provisions of article L. 3142-79, provided that each absence is for at least half a full day. He shall notify his employer at least twenty-four h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-83

The employment contract of an employee who is a member of the National Assembly or the Senate is, at his request, suspended until the expiry of his term of office, if he can prove that he has been wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-82

The duration of absences is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining holiday entitlements and seniority rights under the law and collective bargaining agreements.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-86

A decree will determine the conditions under which employees' rights, particularly in terms of provident and pension schemes, will be maintained during their term of office.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-88

…nd the chairmen and vice-chairmen of regional councils benefit from the provisions of articles L. 3142-83 to L. 3142-87 under the conditions set out in articles L. 2123-9, L. 3123-7 and L. 4135-7 resp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-85

The provisions of article L. 3142-84 do not apply when the term of office has been renewed, unless the duration of the suspension provided for in article L. 3142-83 was, for whatever reason, less than…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-84

On expiry of their term of office, employees shall return to their previous job, or to a similar job with equivalent remuneration, within two months of the date on which they notified their employer o…

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