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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-52

The registration of seizures of business assets made on the basis of Article 706-157 shall be entered in the register kept by the registrar of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-50

The deposit referred to in Article 706-155 shall be made upon production of the order authorising or ordering the seizure of the sums and any document likely to substantiate the rights and identity of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article R1238-5

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles D. 1233-4 to D. 1233-10, relating to informing the administrative authority when ten or more employees are made redundant for economic reasons within…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Redundancy pay

Article R1234-5

The redundancy payment cannot be combined with any other payment of the same nature.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article R625-5

The debtor shall provide all useful information to the mandataire judiciaire and the administrator, if one has been appointed, on the proceedings pending before the industrial tribunal on the date of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article R661-5

The person exercising a right of appeal on behalf of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee or, where applicable, the employees' representative must, on pain of inadmissibility, pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R2263-5

Failure by the head of an organisation to comply, without a legitimate reason, with the new summons sent to him/her pursuant to article D. 2261-12, is punishable by a fifth-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Appointment of the mediator

Article R2523-5

Where the scale of the dispute, its geographical impact, the number of employees involved or the particular circumstances in which it arose so require, the mediator may be appointed by the Minister fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R1418-5

At the request of the Minister for Health and under his authority, the Agency participates, in the fields within its remit, in the drafting of Community rules and international agreements, as well as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article R921-5

For the application of Section 4 of Chapter III of Title II of Book I, the powers devolved to the presidents and staff of the regional chambers of trades and crafts are exercised by the president and…

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