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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-37-1

If judicial supervision includes placement under mobile electronic monitoring, the sentence enforcement court or the sentence enforcement judge shall notify the sentenced person, before his release an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-7

As soon as it receives an application for authorisation pursuant to Article L. 54-10-5, the AMF will investigate the application. It may ask the applicant for any additional information needed to exam…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article D632-3-1

At the request of a competent authority of a trading venue on which an investment services provider other than an asset management company uses algorithmic trading as a member or client of that venue,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Distribution

Article D3252-34-1

The maximum amount of residual claims paid as a priority pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 3252-8 is set at €500.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-8-1

The employer's unilateral payment for the acquisition of shares or investment certificates issued by the company benefits all members who satisfy the seniority conditions, if any, set out in the plan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article D3334-3-1

Where the rules of the collective retirement savings plan provide for employees to join by default, the company shall inform each employee in accordance with the procedures set out in the plan rules.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-9-1

The annual payments made by a beneficiary mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 3332-2 to the employee savings plans in which he participates may not exceed one quarter of his professional inc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deferral and forfeiture

Article D1435-36-1

The amount of carryover is determined in terms of commitment authorisations and payment appropriations within the limit of the ceiling, provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1435-10, dete…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune.

Article D2573-13-4

In addition, a new supplementary census may not be carried out for the same municipality after the allocation of a new fictitious population in the year following the first allocation and preceding th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-3

Reversals of overpayments made during the financial year in which the payment was made may be credited back to the article which originally bore the expenditure..

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