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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-65

Any referral or complaint provided for in this Section shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any method of teletransmission which confers a date certain on its recei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L1225-71

Failure by the employer to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and L. 1225-35 to L. 1225-69 may give rise, in favour of the employee, to the award of compensation determined…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L1225-70

Any agreement contrary to Articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and L. 1225-35 to L. 1225-69, relating to maternity, paternity, adoption and the education of children, is null and void.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management

Article A322-159

Supervision is adapted to the nature of the activity and the level and number of participants.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management

Article A322-160

For supervised skydiving sessions as defined in 1° and 2° of articles A. 322-150 and A. 322-151, there must be at least two instructors, at least one of whom, whether paid or unpaid, holds the diploma…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management

Article A322-161

The jump sessions defined in 3° of articles A. 322-150 and A. 322-151 as well as in article A. 322-152 require at least the presence of two designated autonomous parachutists, one on the ground, the o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 575

If the opposition is made in the manner provided for in Article 573 (paragraph 2) it must, on pain of inadmissibility, be declared at the clerk's office of the court which handed down the decision by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 573

The opposition shall be made in the form provided for the application to the court which handed down the decision. It may be made in the form of notifications between lawyers in courts where represent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 572

The opposition calls into question, before the same judge, the points judged by default for a new ruling on the facts and the law.The judgment against which an opposition has been lodged is only annul…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 574

The objection must contain the defaulter's pleas.

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