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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quinquies

…which they have collected or exchanged pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15-1

…d of the existence of this right by the document mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 2122-19 and on the website dedicated to the elections mentioned in the same article. If they wish to exer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration.

Article L1251-20

…is allowance, calculated in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 5424-6 to L. 5424-19, is paid by the temporary employment agency and is not subject to any seniority requirement for t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-39

…ets the minimum characteristics imposed by the technical and safety rules set out in article R. 331-19 ;2° To determine the arrangements to be made by the organisers to ensure the protection of specta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L956-4

For the application of articles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-121

Subject to the provisions of article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 and those of articles R. 814-99, R. 814-122, R. 814-122-1, R. 814-124, R. 814-130, R. 814-131, R. 814-140, decisions are t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-2

…oduced, depending on the case, by articles D. 6262-9, D. 6262-12, D. 6262-15, D. 6262-16 et D. 6262-19. These provisions apply when the Chamber receives a request to enter a compulsory expenditure ite…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6362-2

…duced, depending on the case, by articles D. 6362-9, D. 6362-12, D. 6362-15, D. 6362-16 and D. 6362-19. These provisions apply when the Chamber receives a request to enter a compulsory item of expendi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-30

The modelling agency is considered to be in default, within the meaning of article L. 7123-19, when, at the end of a period of fifteen days following receipt of a formal notice, it has not paid all or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-81

…e union organisation concerned; in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 6147-19, a new substitute is elected in accordance with the procedures provided for in that paragraph.

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