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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV BIS: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article D47-12-8

…trial and judgment of the crimes provided for in articles 221-1 to 221-5,222-1,222-3 to 222-6,222-23 to 222-26and 224-1 to 224-3 of the Penal Code and all offences related to these crimes, where the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-20

…idering applying the provisions set out in 1° of Article D. 48-22 or 4°, 6° and 7° of Article D. 48-23, it shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State without delay by any means that lea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the approval of agreements by employees in undertakings with fewer than eleven employees and in undertakings with between eleven and twenty employees without an elected representative on the social and economic committee.

Article R2232-10

The conditions under which the employer seeks the approval of employees pursuant to articles L. 2232-21 to L. 2232-23 are as follows: 1° The consultation takes place by any means during working time.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R743-139-24

The registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 and following, subject to the provisions below.A copy of the declaration provided for in Article R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-24

…I or III of article L. 812-2, must be at least equivalent to those provided for in l'article R. 814-23. Where the insurance has been taken out through the intermediary of the guarantee fund, the terms…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Periodicity of reinforced individual monitoring

Article R4624-28

…his colleagues or third parties in the immediate working environment, as defined in article R. 4624-23, will benefit, after the pre-recruitment medical examination, from a renewal of this visit, carri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-31

Pursuant to article L. 5134-23-2, an employer wishing to extend a job placement subsidy under an employment support contract must submit a prior request to the authority that granted the initial subsi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions governing the performance of the duties of head of division

Article D6146-7-1

…is subject to contributions to the supplementary pension scheme instituted by decree no. 70-1277 of 23 December 1970, as amended, creating a supplementary social insurance pension scheme for non-tenur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-44

Subject to articles L. 225-21-1, L. 225-22, L. 225-23, L. 225-27 and L. 225-27-1, directors may not receive from the company any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, other than that provided for in a…

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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 L1142-11

…L. 3111-2 of this Code, on the one hand, and members of the management bodies defined inArticle L. 23-12-1 of the Commercial Code, on the other. Notwithstanding Articles L. 311-6 and L. 312-1-2 of th…

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