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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-5

…nd employee shareholding in public companies whose staff are subject to a legislative or regulatory status as regards working conditions.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Exhumation (R).

Article R2213-40

…must be made by the next of kin of the deceased. The latter must provide proof of his or her civil status, domicile and the capacity in which he or she is making the request. Authorisation to exhume…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for setting up and running health centres

Article D6323-2

Healthcare professionals practising within health centres may go to patients' homes, as defined in article L. 6111-1, when their condition so requires for medical professionals and nurses practising i…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair terms

Article R212-5

The provisions of articles R. 212-1 to R. 212-4 are also applicable to contracts concluded between professionals and non-professionals.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-2

…t of the deliberative body of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status, with a view to the creation of a new commune in place of all its member communes;4° Or at th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 39

Subject to the provisions of Article 35, the judgment shall not be subject to appeal where none of the incidental claims exceeds the rate of last resort. If any of them exceeds that rate, the judge sh…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1a: The European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 344-2

Pursuant toArticle 696-113 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, where the European Public Prosecutor's Office decides to exercise jurisdiction over offences provided for in this Code, the Deputy Europea…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-17

…e members who took the decision and indicate the appeal procedures and deadlines. The respondent is notified of the decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by hand-delivery agai…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-33

Public proceedings for the application of the penalties provided for in the preceding article may only be brought by the Public Prosecutor's Office on a complaint from the injured party. The criminal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-14

…ly enforceable. However, where the public prosecutor's appeal is lodged within twenty-four hours of notification, it suspends enforcement of the decision until the enforcement division of the court of…

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