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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-12

At any time, the parties, or the most diligent of them, may submit the agreement resulting from the mediation to the judge for homologation. The judge shall rule on the request submitted to him or her…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-2

…separate and reasoned written document, including on the occasion of an appeal against a decision settling all or part of the dispute in proceedings that have given rise to a refusal to refer the pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Voluntary secure mobility

Article L1222-12

…dred employees, any employee with at least twenty-four months' seniority, consecutive or otherwise, may, with the agreement of his employer, benefit from a period of secure voluntary mobility in order…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-12

…onals; 2° Be at least twenty-five years old; 3° speak at least one foreign language; 4° Have a theoretical or practical knowledge of the resort's main sports; 5° Have a knowledge of accounting; 6° Hav…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-12

…ense to be handed over to the person designated in the document; 3° An indication that any disputes may be brought, at the option of the person required to surrender the vehicle, before the enforcemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-127

…s, the procedure shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of ArticlesR. 743-44,R. 743-125 and R. 743-126.However, a partner who intends to cease practising within the company while retai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-12

Any advertisement for the objects, devices or methods mentioned in article L. 5122-15 without complying with the obligation to mention the warnings and precautions for use necessary to inform the cons…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-12

…wing administrative authorisation pursuant to Article L. 325-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall notify the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the undertaking concerned, b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-128

When, in the light of the results of individual dosimetric monitoring, the exposure of a worker has exceeded one of the dose limit values set in Article R. 4451-6, the Institut de Radioprotection et d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of project ownership

Article L2422-12

…2411-1 or one or more of these project owners and the SNCF Réseau company mentioned in article L. 2111-9 of the Transport Code or its subsidiary mentioned in 5° of this article, they may designate,…

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