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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-6

The collective retirement savings plan may receive, at the initiative of the participants, payments of sums from profit-sharing, incentive schemes and other voluntary payments and contributions from c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-6

…l of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may order the person concerned to rectify the situation within a period of time which he shall deter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article D133-6

…n of a cheque, the charges levied by the payer's payment service provider in respect of an incident may not exceed the amount of the rejected payment order, subject to a ceiling of €20.The charges lev…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transporting foreign nationals placed or held in a waiting area or administrative detention centre

Article L141-6

The contracts mentioned in article L. 141-5 may only relate to the driving of transport vehicles and the safety measures inherent in the latter, to the exclusion of what concerns the supervision of pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-62

The following may not represent bondholders at general meetings: managers, directors, members of the management and supervisory boards, general managers, auditors or employees of the debtor company or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-8

…a period of five years, renewable once, by order of the Minister of Justice.The Minister of Justice may issue instructions to the national member under the conditions laid down in Article 30..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the parties

Article 696-131

The victim may not bring a civil action in accordance with articles 87 and 89 that when one of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of article 696-130 has been performed. The civil party has the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity.

Article L3123-6

No dismissal or professional downgrading, no disciplinary sanction may be pronounced due to absences resulting from the application of the provisions of articles L. 3123-1 and L. 3123-2 on pain of nul…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity.

Article L4135-6

No dismissal or professional downgrading, no disciplinary sanction may be pronounced due to absences resulting from the application of the provisions of articles L. 4135-1 and L. 4135-2 on pain of nul…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise a professional activity

Article L7125-6

No dismissal or professional downgrading, no disciplinary sanction may be pronounced due to absences resulting from the application of articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2, on pain of nullity and damages t…

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