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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-82

The procedures for applying the provisions of article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code and articles 713-42 to 713-44 of this Code, relating to the sentence of house arrest under electronic surveillance are t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-84

1° If the sentence has been declared provisionally enforceable, pursuant to Article 471, within five days of the decision at the latest; 2° In other cases, within a maximum of thirty days from the dat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-24

The provisions of the deliberations of the municipal council taken in matters of economic intervention pursuant to the provisions of Title I of Book V of Part One and the articles L. 2251-1 to L. 2251…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Resources and expenditure of the inter-company social and cultural activities committee

Article R2312-55

Sub-paragraph 5 of paragraph 3 of sub-section 6 and sub-section 9 of section 3 of chapter V of title II of book III of the second part are applicable to the inter-company social and cultural activitie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-6

…ulate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme defined by Section I of Chapter I of Title V of Book III of this Code.The collection, control and litigation of these contributions are governe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-2

I.-Where the author has transferred all or part of his rights on an exclusive basis, he may, in the absence of any exploitation of his work, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part of those ri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-3

I.-Where the performer has transferred all or part of his rights on an exclusive basis, he may, in the absence of any exploitation of his performance, terminate ipso jure the transfer of all or part o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-13

I. - Notwithstanding any legal provision or any contractual clause, no indivisibility, termination or resolution of a current contract may result from the sole fact of the opening of safeguard proceed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety), a public administrative body un…

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