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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L941-2-1

For its application in French Polynesia, Article L. 123-11-5 of the French Commercial Code is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows: Customs officers are qualified to investigate and establish…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-25

…1° A copy of the application for price fixing made, as the case may be, pursuant to Article L. 145-11 or pursuant to article R. 145-20; 2° Indication of other claims; 3° Explanations of law and fact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-22

…f the person concerned; d) When informed of a deletion decision taken pursuant to articles R. 53-21-11 to R. 53-21-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

Any gaps in representation between women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-13

…ivity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1453-2-11, exercising trade union defence functions are considered, within the limit of ten hours per month…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Disputes relating to the conduct of electoral operations

Article R2122-93

The appeals provided for in article L. 2122-10-11 shall be lodged after the ballot, within a period of fifteen days from the posting of the results referred to in article R. 2122-92 by any elector or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-81-4

…e assessment of dangerousness provided for by the same article are those mentioned in article R. 61-11. The conclusions of this assessment are notified to the offender by the head of the prison, who i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article D632-3-3

…Agreement on the European Economic Area on which the same instrument referred to in Article L. 420-11 is traded, and with the competent authorities of holders of positions in that instrument. These a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-10

…tions committee of the user company, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article R. 4523-11; 2° Send the names and addresses of the representatives appointed to the head of the user company…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-2

…16. II-Recidivism for the offences provided for in I is punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Criminal Code.

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