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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3141-3

The employee is entitled to two and a half working days' leave for each month actually worked for the same employer. The total amount of leave payable may not exceed thirty working days.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L811-3

…of appeal.Where the court-appointed administrator is an employee, the list specifies this capacity and the name of his employer.It includes, for each person listed, a mention of the nature, civil or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3141-3

…e following may not be deducted from annual leave: 1° Authorised absences ; 2° Maternity, paternity and adoption leave under articles L. 1225-17, L. 1225-35 and L. 1225-37; 3° Days of absence due to i…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-32

…lication of the collective agreements of a branch with that of a related branch with similar social and economic conditions: 1° When the branch has fewer than 5,000 employees; 2° Where the activity of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Judicial police officers of the national gendarmerie

Article R15-33

Officers and judicial police officers belonging to search brigades, territorial brigades organised or not into brigade communities, motorised brigades of the departmental gendarmerie and surveillance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Judicial police officers of the national gendarmerie

Article R15-32

The judicial police officers and agents belonging to the departmental gendarmerie search brigades referred to in Article R. 15-24 (1°), are competent to operate on all lines, stations, stops and corri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Mutual legal assistance

Article 627-3

…Article 93(1)(k) of the Staff Regulations shall be ordered, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Code, by the Counter-Terrorism Public Prosec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions

Article D120-3

…serve its integrity, ensure its conservation, meet the specific requirements relating to its safety and comply with the hygiene and safety requirements of the sales area.In cases where the product is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Breach of contract.

Article L7112-3

If the employer initiates the termination, the employee is entitled to an indemnity which may not be less than the sum representing one month's last salary for each year or fraction of a year worked.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-31

…by decree issued on the report of the minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry, on the proposal of the chambers concerned.The admission of new territorial or regional…

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