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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for granting compensation.

Article D5424-14

The maximum number of daily allowances that may be granted in a calendar year is fifty-five.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Opposition to cold calling

Article L242-16

…the person penalised. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may decide to postpone publication of a decision, to publish it anonymously or not to publish it in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-169

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-16

Advances on the sums calculated may be granted subject to ceilings. The ceilings are calculated by applying a coefficient to the amount of the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680 A

…made from an account opened by the taxpayer in an establishment authorised for this purpose, which may be: 1° A deposit account in a credit institution established in France or in the single euro pay…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Healthcare professionals and patients

Article R5121-161

…reaction suspected of being due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150 of which he is aware to the regional pharmacovigilance centre.Other healthcare professionals, pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R8124-16

The hierarchical authority shall offer all members of staff, on their appointment and as often as necessary thereafter, an interview devoted to the prevention of situations of conflict of interest. If…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-14

…er as a result of exercising his right to training under this section shall be compensated by the local authority up to a limit of eighteen days per elected member for the duration of the term of offi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-14

…siders to be liable all the documents provided by the claimant to enable them to make an offer. Medical information is transmitted in compliance with medical confidentiality. The offer referred to in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-1

The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, with the consent of the person under investigation, order, or decide, that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the v…

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