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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-14

The articles L. 2123-18, L. 2123-25-1 to L. 2123-27, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2123-28 and article L. 2123-29 apply to members of the deliberative bodies of the public establishmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-41

…caisses de France-Congés intempérie BTP and by the paid leave funds provided for in article D. 3141-12, under the conditions set by order of the Minister for Employment issued on the proposal of the o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 58

Where this option is open to them under Article 12, the parties may, if they have not already done so since the dispute arose, give the judge, in the joint application, the task of ruling as amiable c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-8

…Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters shall be made before…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-6

…a precise definition of the reason for the contract, in breach of the first paragraph of article L. 1242-12, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-3

…unding services shall inform it and the investors of the offences set out in Articles 432-10 to 432-12 of the French Penal Code and of the best practices established by the regulatory bodies to ensure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-24

…ting to individual candidacies.This control also applies to the person mentioned in article L. 1441-12 who gives a mandate to his collaborating spouse.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-6

…r has a period of one year to comply with the provisions of the first paragraph of l'article L. 743-12-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Regional Economic and Social Council and the Council for Culture, Education and the Environment

Article R4432-15

…uncils. The same provisions, with the exception of those of the second paragraph of article R. 4134-12, apply to the operation of the councils for culture, education and the environment of the regions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-8

For the application of article R. 3115-12 to Wallis and Futuna: 1° In the first paragraph of I, the words: "It is based on the general provisions of the departmental civil protection response organisa…

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