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Showing 46414650 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-12

…years may, after serving four years of such period of Ineligibility, participate as an athlete in local sporting events organised by organisations, or their members, which are not signatories to the W…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article L7345-7

As part of its mediation function referred to in 7° of Article L. 7345-1, the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority is responsible for proposing to the platforms referred to in Article L. 73…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…for in article 222-26-1 of the same code; 4° Sexual assault offences provided for in articles 222-27 à 222-33 du même code; 5° Délits et crimes de traite des êtres humains à l'égard d'un mineur prévu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 73

In cases of flagrant crime or flagrant misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment, any person is entitled to apprehend the perpetrator and bring him before the nearest judicial police officer.When the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731

…us paragraph. It shall also lay down the terms and conditions of the funding essential for the application of these measures and the operation of the committees.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…d. Compulsory release means that the remainder of the sentence is served under the parole, electronically supervised home detention, work release or semi-liberty schemes. The consequences of non-compl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Taking holiday

Article R7213-7

Unless the beneficiary agrees, annual leave is taken during the months of May to October inclusive.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits

Article L773-7

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits

Article L774-7

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Member of the Special Negotiating Body and representative on the Committee of the European Company, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2412-7

The termination of the fixed-term employment contract of a member of the special negotiating body or of a representative on the committee of the European Company, of a representative on the committee…

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