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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-8

…providing for a collective agreement termination, and the regularity of the procedure preceding the decision of the administrative authority may not be the subject of a dispute separate from that rela…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-144

…ty seized during the investigation or examination provided for in Articles 41-5 and 99-2. Where the decision does not fall within the remit of the public prosecutor, his opinion is sought beforehand.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Claims covered by the insurance.

Article L3253-13

…nt to a company, establishment or group agreement, a validated collective agreement or a unilateral decision by the employer approved in accordance with Article L. 1233-57-3, where the agreement was c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1-4

…the date and reference of publication in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the decisions to approve the specifications and, where applicable, the decision to withdraw approval; 2°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-12

…withdrawn their opposition; 2° If the patent has been declared invalid by a final and binding court decision; > 3° If the proprietor of the patent renounces the claims to which the opposition relates;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Costs of social investigations ordered in relation to the exercise of parental authority

Article R221

…ided for criminal fines. The party ordered to pay the costs may appeal against the provision of the decision relating to the settlement of these costs. In the absence of an appeal on the merits, the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-3

…ibition order, the Minister for the Budget shall send the persons referred to in Article L. 563-1 a decision to suspend the execution of all fund transfer orders on the accounts it identifies as belon…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 519

…the latter case, if the request is granted, the judge shall specify the terms of the deposit in his decision. In the latter case, if the court grants the request, it will state in its decision the ter…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 573

…pposition shall be made in the form provided for the application to the court which handed down the decision. It may be made in the form of notifications between lawyers in courts where representation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-4

…deemed to exercise joint control over a legal person where the following conditions are met :1° The decision-making bodies of the controlled legal person are composed of representatives of all the par…

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