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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-88

…ompetent authority of the issuing State does not take a decision within the period specified by the liberty and custody judge, the latter may decide to terminate the monitoring of the measures ordered…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4251-6

The commission of medical physicists for the region designated by order of the Minister for Health comprises: 1° The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion, as Chairman; 2° The Directo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Board of Directors (R)

Article R2221-66

When the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2221-13 the committee of the syndicat de communes is enlarged to include outside persons to exercise the powers of the operating board, with t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-60

At the end of the financial year, the authorising officer draws up the administrative account and the accounting officer draws up the management account. These documents are presented to the Board of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3142-66

In application of article L. 3142-107, the employer may defer the start of the leave or the beginning of the period of part-time work for the creation or takeover of a business, up to a limit of six m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of representatives

Article D7343-62

The names and surnames of the representatives are brought to the attention of the Autorité des relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi mentioned in Article L. 7345-1 by the representative organisa…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article L455-2

Sont considérés, au regard de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-6

Committee members are subject to an obligation of confidentiality, under which they may not divulge any fact, information or document of which they are aware as a result of their participation in the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-6

The quorum is reached when at least half of the members making up the committee are present or represented, including members taking part in the debates by means of a telephone or audiovisual conferen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 687-1

If it appears from the information transmitted by the requested authority or the postal services that the addressee does not live at the address indicated and that the addressee no longer has a known…

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