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Showing 15911600 of 55426 articles for Art. Loi 2023-1059 of 20 November 2023 – justice programming law

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Quality of execution of transactions

Article L420-17

Each trading platform shall make available to the public at least once a year, free of charge, data relating to the quality of execution of the transactions executed on it.These periodic reports shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-12

For the election of staff representatives by the college mentioned in 1° of B of II of article L. 1233-5, the provisions of articles 29 to 41, 45 and 46 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 20…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-2

This shall be done under the conditions provided for in Article 713-29 of this code for the application of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 N…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-1

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

A person who, without being incapable of acting himself, needs, for one of the reasons provided for in Article 425, to be assisted or controlled in a continuous manner in the important acts of civil l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-4

…the Social and Economic Committee for its opinion.The internal regulations shall indicate the date of their entry into force. This date must be one month after the formalities for filing and publicat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-3

The internal regulations may not contain : 1° Provisions contrary to the laws and regulations and to the stipulations of the collective labour agreements applicable in the company or establishment; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-1

…ate, at the employer's request, in restoring working conditions which protect the health and safety of employees, should these appear to have been compromised;3° The general and permanent rules relati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-2-1

The internal regulations may contain provisions enshrining the principle of neutrality and restricting the expression of employees' beliefs if these restrictions are justified by the exercise of other…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-5

…egulations, considered as additions to the latter. In any event, they are subject to the provisions of this Title. However, where justified by an emergency, health and safety obligations may be applie…

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