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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-43

In the absence of an agreement or convention mentioned in article L. 3142-58, the employee informs the employer by any means that provides a date certain, at least thirty days before the start of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2418

…registration of a legal mortgage is deemed to rank prior to that of the registration of a legal or conventional mortgage; and if there are several registrations of legal mortgages, they compete, exce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Registration and deregistration

Article L752-3

The file lists the measures of the conventional recovery plan mentioned in Article L. 732-2. These measures are communicated to the Banque de France by the Commission. The registration is kept for the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption from producing all the documents mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-1

Article R313-14

…n articles L. 423-11 and L. 423-12; 3° A foreign national holding a circulation visa defined by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, valid for several entries and valid for at least one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-36

In the absence of an international convention providing otherwise, the articles 713-37 to 713-40 shall apply to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities for the co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-51

A company or establishment collective agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may: 1° Specify the limits and procedures for carrying over hours from one week to another when a sys…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-11

…of plant varieties within the meaning of the stipulations of article 30(1)(ii) of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. To this end, the person in charge of missi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Contractual plan

Article R732-2

The conventional reorganisation plan states that it is automatically null and void fifteen days after an unsuccessful formal notice sent to the debtor to perform its obligations, without prejudice to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
c) Biology and Toxicology

Article R118

Maximum fees for toxicological and biological analyses are set by reference to the conventional fee rates set on the basis of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code, by applying to the values…

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