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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Social alert rights

Article L2312-71

…ase in the number of employees holding fixed-term employment contracts and assignment contracts, it may refer the matter to the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-7

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 1226-1, the words: "provided for in article L. 321-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "provided for in 7° of article 20-1 of order n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-7

The amount of the increased fixed fine is set as follows:1° 7 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians;2° 33 euros for other contraventions of the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts concerning the protection of family members

Article A444-79

Documents relating to the posthumous mandate (numbers 35 to 38 of table 5) give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management rules.

Article R518-74

…heir statutory purpose, in accordance with the authorisation given to them, pursuant to article R. 518-70; 2° Set up an internal control system for their lending activity, which must include rules for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Equalisation of tax resources

Article L3662-7

The articles L. 3335-1 and L. 3335-2 apply to the Metropole of Lyon.In 2015, 2016 and 2017, for the application of Article L. 3335-2 to the Rhône department and the Metropole of Lyon, the transfer dut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts concerning the protection of family members

Article A444-74

The declaration of employment by separate deed (number 29 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of the proportional fee provided for in 2° of article A. 444-73.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-7

Any operator of a voice communications service within the meaning of 7° and 15° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code is obliged to offer consumers, when they subscrib…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

I.-The criminal investigation police officer may, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for authorisation

Article R212-7-4

The application for authorisation is either sent to the Prefect by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, or deposited with a receipt at the secretariat of the Commission Départementale d'Am…

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