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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article D23-10-3

The employee shall inform the head of the company as soon as possible and by any means when he is assisted in accordance with articles L. 23-10-2 and L. 23-10-8. The person assisting the employee is b…

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

Article L72-103-3

Expenditure relating to the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation personnalisée d'autonomie (personalised autonomy allowance) are tracked in an individualised chapt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-100-3

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Executive Council of Martinique shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the oper…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-3-1

Payment of the fixed fine or the increased fixed fine may also be made within fifteen days by automated remote payment or by dematerialised stamp, at the end of the periods provided for in the article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-14-3

The competent magistrate must inform the interested party of his decision by registered letter within three months of receipt of the request, either by himself or by the public prosecutor of the inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination by agreement

Article D1237-3-1

The request for approval of the termination agreement provided for in article L. 1237-14 is made by teleservice. Where a party indicates to the competent administrative authority that it is unable to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-38-1

For the application of this chapter to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, references to the President of the Territorial Council, the territorial authority and the local authority building replace ref…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-33-1

The acceptance of deadlines and remissions relating to the claims mentioned in article L. 626-20 can only be express.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-3-1

47 of the Code of Civil Procedure are not applicable to disputes that fall within the jurisdiction of the official receiver alone.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-33-1

A communal or inter-communal advisory committee for volunteer firefighters is set up within the commune or the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation to which the local fire and rescue se…

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