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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

…ata is to be kept, the procedures for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° and 3° of Article 230-16 as well as, where applicable, the conditions under which interested parties may exercise their ri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-26

In order to implement an employee's right to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-16, a branch agreement or convention or, failing that, a company agreement or convention shall determine:1° The ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-23

…epeat offence, the court may, for the application of the penalties provided for in articles L. 6355-16 and L. 6355-17 and in the second paragraph of this article, order that the judgment be published,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-8

…at the registry of all the documents required to be produced, depending on the case, by Articles R. 1612-16, R. 1612-19, R. 1612-23, R. 1612-24 and R. 1612-27. These provisions apply when the Chamber…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article R4163-33

The penalty referred to in Article L. 4163-16, applied by the managing body at local level in the event of inaccuracy or failure to declare occupational risk factors, is set at the same amount as that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article D6325-19

…aid hours taken into account for the calculation of the exemptions provided for in articles L. 6325-16 and L. 6325-17 is equal to the product of the working hours that the employee would have worked i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R631-31

Articles R. 624-13 to R. 624-16 are applicable to the receivership proceedings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Cemeteries and funeral operations (R).

Article R2512-32

The posters provided for in article R. 2223-16 are posted at the gate of each cemetery.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-15

…f this article are overriding legislation within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008. However, the provisions of I sha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Aptitude test

Article A212-217

…he may not take the technical safety test. The content of the aptitude test is set out in Annex II-16-2.

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