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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-1

I.-The following are subject to appeal or cassation:1° Decisions ruling on the opening of safeguard or receivership proceedings on the part of the debtor, the pursuing creditor and the public prosecut…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

Where no sports federation has been delegated responsibility for a particular sport, the powers conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

Victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis B or C virus or the human T-lymphotropic virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal prod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to staff

Article L5217-19

…services of the communes that participate in the exercise of the competences mentioned in I of Article L. 5217-2 are transferred to the metropolitan authority, in accordance with the terms and conditi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prevention

Article L232-2-1

…akes effect on the date on which it is notified. However, an authorisation may take effect on an earlier date, which it mentions: 1° In an emergency or in the case of urgent and necessary treatment of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3-1

Notwithstanding any legislative provision to the contrary, the indexation of debt securities and financial contracts mentioned respectively in 2 of II and III of article L. 211-1 is unrestricted.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS

Article L214-2-1

I. - Any UCITS governed by French law which intends to market its units or shares and, where applicable, classes of units or shares, in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13-3

The matter may be referred to the National Disciplinary Commission by the Minister of Justice or by the First President of the Court of Appeal in whose jurisdiction the labour arbitrator sits, after t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13-2

Disciplinary powers are exercised by a National Disciplinary Commission, which is chaired by a president of a chamber of the Cour de cassation, appointed by the first president of the Cour de cassatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Sections.

Article L1423-1-2

The Management Section is responsible for cases where the employee involved in the dispute falls into the following categories: 1° Engineers as well as employees who, even if they do not exercise comm…

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