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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-126

Article L. 3142-125 also applies to an employee who wishes to carry out research and innovation activities in a public research establishment, a local authority or a public or private company, unless…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-126

The beneficiary of a teacher's job for the future will work a number of hours per week adapted to the pursuit of his or her studies and preparation for the competitive examinations for which he or she…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…fficers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passenge…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1262

When, after receiving the report provided for in Article L. 271-6 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles (Code on social action and families), the public prosecutor refers the matter to the g…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1263

The provisions of article 1215 are applicable to the judicial support measure.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rendering of accounts and liquidation of profits.

Article 1268

The application for the rendering of an account shall be brought, as the case may be, before the court within whose jurisdiction the accounting officer resides or, if the accounting officer has been a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Provisions applicable to wards of the State.

Article 1261

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 1242, appeals against the deliberations of the family council of wards of the State shall be lodged by petition signed by a lawyer and delivered or sent by re…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rendering of accounts and liquidation of profits.

Article 1269

No application for the revision of an account shall be admissible, unless it is made with a view to recovery in the event of error, omission or misrepresentation.The same rule shall apply to the liqui…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1260

The provisions of

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise one of the medical professions

Article R4113-126

The information sent, pursuant to Article L. 4113-1-1, by the bodies issuing evidence of formal qualifications to the service or body responsible for registering the persons referred to in Article L.…

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