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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with measures taken for the automatic enforcement of a removal order

Article L824-6

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment for a foreign national under house arrest to fail to comply with the prescriptions relating to placement under mobile electronic surveillance that have been…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A DECISION OF EXPULSION, A PENALTY OF BANNING FROM FRENCH TERRITORY OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE BAN FROM FRENCH TERRITORY IN CASE OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L753-8

The actual removal of the foreign national may not take place during the forty-eight hour period referred to in article L. 753-7 or, in the event of a referral to the president of the administrative c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-23

The supplies mentioned in article L. 2542-21, in towns where the fabriques do not provide them themselves, are given either as a régie intéressée or as a company to a single régisseur or contractor. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3641-5

The State may delegate, by agreement, some of its powers to Metropolitan Lyon, under the conditions set out in Article L. 301-5-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation (Construction and Ho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing.

Article L3315-5

Where an agreement, valid within the meaning of article L. 2232-2, has been concluded or filed after the deadline, it will be effective between the parties but will only give entitlement to exemptions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L3331-1

The provisions of this Title apply to private-law employers and their employees. Where reference is made in this Title to the number of employees, this number and the crossing of the threshold are det…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L4131-2

An employee representative on the Social and Economic Committee who ascertains that there is a cause of serious and imminent danger, in particular through an employee, shall immediately alert the empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for salaried employment.

Article L5221-8

The employer must check with the relevant local authorities that the foreign national holds the document authorising him/her to work in France, unless the foreign national is registered on the list of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the coordination rules applicable to the compensation of workers whose previous activities taken into account for entitlement purposes were carried out with em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to the activity allowance for recipients of the specific solidarity allowance

Article L5425-3

When exercising, taking up or resuming a professional activity, the beneficiary of the specific solidarity allowance is deemed to have made a request for the activity allowance mentioned in article L.…

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