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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article D546-1

When the trial court pursuant to Article 132-41-1 of the Penal Code, or the sentence enforcement judge pursuant to article 741-2 du code de procédure pénale orders a probationary suspension with enhan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-14

The sums remaining in the special employee profit-sharing reserve, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 3324-7, may only give entitlement to the deductions and exemptions provided for in Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-11

For periods of absence due to maternity leave, adoption leave or bereavement leave and for periods of suspension of the employment contract due to an accident at work or an occupational disease or qua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-12

The amount of rights that may be allocated to any one employee may not, for any one financial year, exceed a sum equal to three quarters of the ceiling provided for in Article D. 3324-10.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Revenue (R)

Article D1611-1

The threshold provided for in Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-13

If house arrest with electronic surveillance is ordered when a person is released, the information provided for in articles D. 32-11 and D. 32-12 are included in the order. The investigating judge or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions applicable to organ transplants

Article D6124-164

The health care establishment organises a medical service specifically for transplants, provided by a surgeon and a doctor with one of the qualifications mentioned in 3° of article D. 6124-163. It has…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Company or establishment agreements

Article D2232-1-1

The agreement or convention setting up the standing joint negotiation and interpretation committee defined in I of article L. 2232-9 includes the numerical or postal address of this committee, in orde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article D2513-1

The commune of Marseille is divided into sixteen municipal arrondissements, in accordance with the table of districts and the plan appended to decree no. 46-2285 of 18 October 1946.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions applicable to organ transplants

Article D6124-162

In authorised establishments and in liaison with their directors, the medical managers of transplant activities and those of intensive care and continuous monitoring units draw up agreements defining…

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