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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article D8113-2

When a decree, issued in application of article L. 8113-6, after consultation with representative employers' and employees' organisations, provides that the employer may use an alternative medium for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The sentence enforcement judge.

Article D49-1-1

…y of sitting magistrates, the enforcement judge who shall exercise the powers mentioned in articles D. 576 to D. 578 of this code and D. 113-64 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-11

…sified at level 3 of the nomenclature of qualification levels established in application of article L. 6113-1 of the French Labour Code. It attests to the acquisition of a qualification in the exercis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-20

…sified at level 4 of the nomenclature of qualification levels established in application of article L. 6113-1 of the French Labour Code. It attests to the acquisition of a qualification in the exercis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Performance of the credit agreement

Article D312-18

…panied by a promise of sale or hire purchase, the lessor is entitled to demand, pursuant to article L. 312-40, an indemnity equal to the difference between, on the one hand, the residual value excludi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexing.

Article D112-1

The indexation to the general price level authorised for certain products and loans by article L. 112-3 is implemented using the consumer price index for all households, excluding tobacco, published m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

Any gaps in representation between women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements

Article D1271-2

…ed with a public service mission who finance the special payment vouchers mentioned in B of article L. 1271-1 for service users may, with the agreement of the beneficiary or, if this cannot be obtaine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Voluntary blood donation.

Article D1221-2

…during the time devoted to the donation without constituting payment within the meaning of article L. 1211-4, provided that the duration of the absence does not exceed the time required to travel bet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article D3123-3

In the absence of the agreement provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 3123-26, the employee's request to work part-time is sent to the employer by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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