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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-4

…t. An employee's refusal to consent shall not constitute misconduct or grounds for dismissal. The information requested from the beneficiary of the assessment must have a direct and necessary link wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-8-1

Any commercial canvassing of holders of a personal training account, by telephone, by message from an interpersonal communications service, by electronic mail or on an online social networking service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-2

…I for organisations under the authority or supervision of the Minister of Defence and for military formations under the authority of the Minister of the Interior.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-22

Where justified by the urgency of the situation, the president of the judicial court may, at the request of the public prosecutor, temporarily suspend a sworn goods broker where the latter is the subj…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article R224-2

In addition to the information listed in article L. 210-2, and without prejudice to any other useful provisions, the company's articles of association shall contain the following information:

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6264-5

…l between 1997 and 2006 inclusive; this amount is indexed to the growth rate of gross fixed capital formation of general government associated with the 2007 and 2008 finance bills. Given the positive…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1212-4

The Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Charges is convened by the chairman of its plenary session, who sets the agenda and sends it to the interested members of the committee at least ten days be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-50

…istrate may also decide to do this on their own initiative. If they grant this request, they will inform the person concerned and the management department. In the event of refusal, the person concern…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R61

…fy them of the additional obligations that they have ordered pursuant to l'article 763-3. It will inform the offender of the conditions under which compliance with these obligations will be monitored.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-20

The temporary detention order referred to in Articles L. 722-18 and L. 722-19 may be appealed, by the person to whom the temporary detention order is notified, to the President of the High Court of Ap…

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