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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-27

Decisions relating to the validation of one or more candidacies may be contested, on pain of inadmissibility, by application to the judicial court within seven days of the publication referred to in a…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-2-1

…llowing two terms is calculated:1° The sum defined in 1° of 1 of II of 1.2 of Article 78 of Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010;2° The sum defined in 2° of 1 of II of 1.2 of Arti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-9

…1 of 29 December 2020; 2° The amount resulting from the application of 1.3 of Article 78 of Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010 received by the local authority in the previous ye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-13

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 1441-16 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1441-16 -The membership of employee candidates to a section other than that mentioned in articles L. 1441-14 and L. 1441-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-64

…the civil party, in accordance with the provisions of this code and in particular Articles 707, 712-16, 712-16-1 et 712-16-2, 721-2 et 745. The provisions of this section apply without prejudice to th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2643-1

…he European Union" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2313-3, the words: "or the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of proc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

…1 with the exception of 1° of I and L. 330 2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 II.For the application of I:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Declaration and certification of establishments.

Article R5131-2

…it complies with the good manufacturing practices mentioned in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 concerning cosmetic products.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-17

Proofs of office, ballot papers bearing the names of the titular candidates and their substitutes, the explanatory circular and the ballot envelopes shall be given to voters present in the establishme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative procedure

Article L741-7

The decision to place the foreign national in detention may not be taken before seven days have elapsed since the end of a previous detention order made with a view to enforcing the same measure. Howe…

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