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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation

Article R7343-16

The decision of the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi mentioned in article R. 7343-14 may be contested by the elector or by a representative appointed by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation

Article R7343-17

The challenge is made by petition delivered or addressed to the clerk of the court by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It shall contain the information prescribed by articles 54 and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation

Article R7343-18

The Court of First Instance shall rule within ten days of the date of the appeal, without formality and without costs, and on simple notice given five days in advance to the parties concerned.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12

Investigating and sentencing courts may, as an alternative measure to pre-trial detention, impose house arrest with electronic surveillance in the cases provided for by articles 135-2, 145, 148, 201,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-1

…to working hours, the distribution and organisation of working hours; 7° Measures relating to fixed-term employment contracts and temporary employment contracts set out in Articles L. 1242-8, L. 1243-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Relationship between branch or professional agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional area.

Article L2252-1

A branch agreement or a professional or interprofessional agreement may contain provisions less favourable to employees than those applicable to them under an agreement covering a wider territorial or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1125 bis

…ng exclusively to the reconstruction provided for by the loi n° 71-1029 du 24 décembre 1971 of registers or documents kept in the registries of commercial courts or other jurisdictions in the event of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Departmental Director and Deputy Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article R1424-19-1

…and head of the departmental corps. He has authority over all the personnel of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service.He is assisted by a deputy departmental director, head of the de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-1

…ried out by a paediatrician or by a general practitioner or by an occupational physician from the interprofessional occupational health service specialising in occupational medicine for performing art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 143-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 137, pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended in one of the cases listed below: 1° The person under investigation is facing a criminal sentence; 2° The…

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