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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Secure surveillance and secure detention

Article R53-8-44

…io-judicial monitoring or secure detention, in accordance with the articles 723-37, 763-8 et 706-53-19. The regional court for security retention shall rule on a proposal from the multidisciplinary co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R272

…French Polynesia within the limits imposed respectively by Article 86 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and Article 94 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-10

…f the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 3123-29 or of II of article 14 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction of working hours, is punishable by a fourth-cla…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-15

…allocate aid for professional integration, on behalf of the State in application of article L. 5134-19-1, they also rule on behalf of the State in the event of appeals lodged against these decisions.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-11

The decisions of the Board of Directors relating to 8°, 9°, 10°, 11°, 13° and 19° of I of article R. 6123-8 are automatically enforceable fifteen days after they are received by the ministers responsi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-60

The Articles of Association must provide for an age limit for the performance of the duties of member of the Management Board or sole Managing Director which, in the absence of an express provision, i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-9

…ions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply where the marriage was celebrated prior to 12 March 1958. The legislative provisions relating to the contribution of the spouses to household expenses s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-37-1

A contract giving access to the Internet or to a voice communications service may be terminated, in advance, by a consumer who has made an application for treatment of over-indebtedness deemed admissi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14

In carrying out their testing duties, the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may only enter the places mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 232-13-1 between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., or at any time when…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-130

Where the capital increase, whether by issuing new equity securities or by increasing the nominal amount of existing equity securities, is carried out by capitalising reserves, profits or share premiu…

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