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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring and evaluation

Article D1143-18

At the end of the contract for mixed employment and professional equality between women and men, an assessment of the commitments made and the concrete measures implemented is carried out under the re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation of dematerialisation

Article D1221-18

I. - Employers whose staff come under the general social security scheme, other than private individuals employing an employee in their service, who have made more than 50 pre-employment declarations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal action by trade unions in the event of redundancies

Article D1235-18

When a trade union organisation intends to take legal action on behalf of an employee, in application of Article L. 1235-8, it notifies the employee by registered letter with acknowledgement of receip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: End of mandate

Article D1442-18

An industrial tribunal member who, during his term of office, becomes an employer while sitting as an employee, or becomes an employee while sitting as an employer, must declare this to the public pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-18

The list of bathing waters, as resulting from the census procedure provided for in article D. 1332-16 , as well as any change to this list compared to the previous year, accompanied by the reasons, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-18

The mandate shall specify in particular:1° The nature of the operations to which the mandate relates;2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions of its possible termination;3° The powers of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Emergency rehousing fund

Article D2335-18

Expenditure on emergency accommodation or temporary rehousing of occupants within the meaning of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-18

Informing the curator or guardian of decisions to dismiss, acquit or convict as provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 706-113 is made by registered letter or in accordance with the procedure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-18

Under the provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article 707-1, the public prosecutor shall pursue the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by the competent authorities of the Member States of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-18

…tely available. As soon as it is handed down, the judgment shall be notified to the public prosecutor. A copy is sent to the director of the prison integration and probation service and, where the sen…

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