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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1

…over or people recognised as disabled workers encounter particular difficulties which prevent their long-term integration into employment, whatever their legal status; b) When employees encounter part…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-11

The term of office for members of the Board of Directors is three years. The term of office is renewable. If a member ceases to hold office for any reason whatsoever, he shall be replaced within two m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Investigating courts

Article 883-1

For all nullity applications sent to the Investigating Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion, the declaration to the clerk's office may be made by means of a registered letter wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and duration of judicial supervision

Article D147-40-2

The person placed under judicial supervision must be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction he is to reside, within a maximum of eight days of his relea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-9

…st-parking charge shall take an oath before the judicial court in the place of their administrative residence or, failing that, their domicile or, in the case of agents of the contracting third party…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-17

In disciplines recognised as high level, the delegated sports federations may request validation, under the term "Federal Performance Project", of the policy and measures they are putting in place to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-4

Where several purchasers are simultaneously responsible for carrying out a project, they may designate by agreement which of them will carry out the prior assessment, conduct the award procedure and,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions.

Article L5111-4

Medicinal products or classes of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest are defined as medicinal products or classes of medicinal products for which an interruption of treatment is likely to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article R214-55

When a fund management company enters into forward purchase or sale transactions involving securities which are not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-42

When a fund management company enters into forward purchase or sale transactions involving securities which are not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of art…

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