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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-69

…les and subject to the guarantees and penalties mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5422-16. The conditions under which this payment is due are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

…a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-25-1

…here that person is, for that other employee, one of those mentioned in 1° to 9° of Article L. 3142-16. Annual leave may only be transferred if it exceeds twenty-four working days. An employee benefit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

…on the control of concentrations between undertakings and by Council Regulation No 1 / 2003 (EC) of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-2

…the allocation of the tax for the costs of chambers as provided for in articles L. 711-8 and L. 711-16. Failure to comply with the measures provided for in the contract of objectives and performance,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17°: Occupation of public property

Article 1048 ter

…17 to L. 2122-19 of the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons or Article 13 of Ordinance No. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts, or by local authorities, their groupings or t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-14

…ph of II of article L. 611-2 as well as article R. 611-15 and the first paragraph of article R. 611-16. If the letter is returned with a note stating that it has not been claimed by its addressee, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-82

…est under electronic surveillance are those provided for by articles R. 57-10 to R. 57-14 and R. 57-16 to R. 57-18 of this Code, and R. 622-1, R. 622-2, R. 622-4, R. 622-6, R. 622-7, R. 622-8, R. 622-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reports

Article D4622-54

…al health and prevention service draws up the annual activity report referred to in article L. 4622-16, which is presented to the inter-company committee or to the control commission and to the board…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…isions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 131-1-1 Act no. 2010-737 of 1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3Act no…

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