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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-58

…tribunal (Conseil de prud'hommes), to which the matter has been referred pursuant to Article L. 3142-76, shall have final jurisdiction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-55

…al (Conseil de prud'hommes), to which the matter has been referred in accordance with Article L. 3142-69, shall have final jurisdiction.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-5

The prefect communicates to the president of the general council: 1° A statement indicating the forecast amount of the net bases of each of the four direct local taxes chargeable to the department, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
B. Commission instituted by article R. 2573-55.

Article R2573-56

The commission mentioned in article R. 2573-55 is composed of five mayors and two presidents of groups of communes. The High Commissioner or his deputy attends the work of the commission.The commissio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
B. Commission instituted by article R. 2573-55.

Article R2573-57

The mayors and presidents of groupings sitting on the commission provided for in article R. 2573-55 are elected by proportional representation with the highest remainder, by the college of mayors and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-59

Employees returning to their original job are entitled to vocational training, particularly in the event of a change in techniques or working methods.The employee may also benefit from this right befo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-5

…e extended, at the request of the Minister for Defence, for a renewable period of one year. In this case, the request is not forwarded to the European Patent Office. Extended prohibitions may be lifte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-53

The appeal is investigated and judged according to the rules applicable to the procedure without compulsory representation, the public prosecutor being heard. It shall be notified to the Conseil des m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-50

In urgent cases, representatives of the group may be appointed by court order at the request of any interested party.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-55

…r reference works belonging to the fiction genre, this company must incur, during the year of notification, expenditure corresponding to writing work on projects for works belonging to the fiction gen…

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