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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-6

A person sentenced to socio-judicial supervision may apply to the court that handed down the sentence or, in the event of more than one conviction, to the last court to have given a ruling, to be reli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

…establishments concerned. In this case, Chapter III of this Title shall not apply. Such a decision may not be taken in the case of a European Cooperative Society constituted by transformation where t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-3

…tivities, shall set up an appointments committee composed of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7 who do not hold any of the offices referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 421-7-1 within the mar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-72

…dustrial Property does not issue information on registrations and other registrations made before 1 March 1954.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-7

The general meeting of members may delegate all or some of the powers listed in 6°, 7°, 8° and 9° of article L. 323-6 to the supervisory body provided for in article L. 323-14 under conditions which i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-7

…onal file of those prohibited from managing by the recipients mentioned in 1° to 4° of Article L. 128-2 and their communication to the latter are carried out electronically and are subject to secure e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: End of contract

Article R6152-718

…on secondment under contract in application of 1° of article R. 6152-51 or 9° of article R. 6152-238 who wishes his secondment to be terminated before the term initially stipulated or who wishes to r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-707

…en they are employed on a part-time basis for a period representing less than seven half-days, they may, on condition that they inform the director of the establishment, carry out a paid activity outs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708

…e obligations set out in the contract, performed during the day and at night from Monday to Sunday, may in no case exceed forty-eight hours per week on average calculated over the four-month period. W…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 732

…the assistance and supervision measures. If it is made by the sentence enforcement court, the court may provide that the release will take place on the day set by the sentence enforcement judge betwee…

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