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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-5

…ivil action alone shall be brought before the Criminal Appeals Chamber. The articles 380-14 and 380-15 are not applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-5-1

The guide values defined in article R. 1321-3-1 and the vigilance values defined in article R. 1321-15-1 must be met, for water supplied by a distribution network, at the point where, inside premises…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-4

…323-14-3 are consolidated and sent to the body mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 4163-15. The procedures for consolidating and transmitting this data are defined by order of the minister…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article D2531-10

…cial security contributions they pay as well as to the provisions of articles D. 2531-14 et D. 2531-15.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Infringements of the rules on occupational medicine

Article R4745-2

…e enjoyed by occupational health doctors, as set out in articles L. 4623-1 to L. 4623-8 and L. 1237-15 and the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a fifth-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-41

The costs referred to in article L. 5424-15 are equalised by the Union des caisses de France-Congés intempérie BTP and by the paid leave funds provided for in article D. 3141-12, under the conditions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article R625-3

…e claims are admitted are informed at the time of payment.The employee whose claim has been omitted may be relieved of the foreclosure by the industrial tribunal within the period provided for in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article D351-6

…indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 314-22 and D. 314-23 Resulting…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-2

The provisions of articles L. 716-4-10, L. 716-4-11 and L. 716-8 to L. 716-13 are applicable to infringements of the rights of the proprietor of a European Union trade mark.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Travel documents

Article L561-12

The period of validity of the travel document issued pursuant to Articles L. 561-9, L. 561-10 or L. 561-11 is set out in IV of Article 953 of the General Tax Code.

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