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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: 1st May Day

Article L3133-6

In establishments and services which, due to the nature of their activity, cannot interrupt work, employees employed on 1st May are entitled, in addition to the salary corresponding to the work perfor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: 1st May Day

Article L3133-5

Unemployment on 1st May cannot be a reason for a reduction in salary. Employees paid by the hour, by the day or by output are entitled to compensation equal to the wages lost as a result of unemployme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R367

I.-For the application of articles R. 19 to R. 23-1, the words: "régisseur des recettes" are replaced by the words: "agent chargé du recouvrement des amendes". II.-Article R. 19 is supplemented by a p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…ned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in 2° of article 80 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, make available to it any informa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-149

…ed. For medicinal products included on the list referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, the package leaflet must, in ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-6

…a marketing authorisation has been granted by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-2

…c Communications Code and by the service providers mentioned in 1 and 2 of I ofarticle 6 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, the right of communication institute…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15-1

…d of the existence of this right by the document mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 2122-19 and on the website dedicated to the elections mentioned in the same article. If they wish to exer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-36

…tification of the court's decision. This appeal is subject to the conditions set out in articles R. 19-2 to R. 19-6 of the Electoral Code. The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged according to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…mption period is extended to twenty-five years if the grant or loan decision is made between 1 July 2004 and 31 December 2026. The exemption provided for in this paragraph does not apply to housing ac…

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