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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to certain contraventions

Article 529-2-1

In the case of a fifth-class offence or where the regulations so provide, the fixed fine is reduced if the offender pays the amount of the reduced fixed fine either to the ticketing officer when the o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-2

Judicial solitary confinement may be ordered by the liberty and custody judge when deciding whether to remand a person in custody or to extend that detention.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for Social Dialogue.

Article R*2122-5

The opinions of the High Council for Social Dialogue, required by law, are recorded in the minutes of the meetings.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-5

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq. of the Commercial Code, subject to the following provisions. The joint representative appointe…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-2

A holiday village may include accommodation made up in whole or in part of dwellings spread over the territory of the commune where the reception office and the collective buildings are located, or ov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Population of the municipality.

Article D2573-13-2

When, as a result of the start of one or more construction programmes, the population of a municipality has undergone a variation in accordance with the formula set out in article R. 2573-13-1, an ord…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-5

Notwithstanding 2° of article L. 721-3 and subject to the jurisdiction of the disciplinary courts and notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the civil courts alone have jurisdiction to hear le…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D1233-2-1

I.-For the application of article L. 1233-4, the employer sends out personalised offers of redeployment or communicates the list of available offers to employees, and any updates to this list, by any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-5

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of health professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical physicist nationals…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-25-1

When the person referred to the trial court is sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment with a deferred committal order issued with provisional execution, the obligations of electronically monitored…

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