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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-8

The beneficiary of a period of work experience benefits from the protection and rights mentioned in articles L. 1121-1, L. 1152-1 and L. 1153-1, under the same conditions as employees.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 82-1

…stions of jurisdiction within a judicial court may be settled before the first hearing by reference to the file, at the request of a party or of the judge's own motion. The parties or their lawyers ar…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80

…officers and, under their authority, the judicial police agents, after informing the public prosecutor and unless this magistrate objects, may extend to the whole of the national territory the survei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-89

If the requirements of the flagrante investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Powers of the Chairman.

Article 873-1

…the matter, the president of the court hearing an application for interim relief may refer the case to a hearing, the date of which he shall set, in order to rule on the merits of the case. He ensures…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Powers of the Chairman.

Article 876-1

In the cases provided for by law or regulation, the president of the commercial court shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-8

Employers and their employees are not entitled to partial activity allowances and indemnities when the reduction or suspension of activity is caused by a collective labour dispute affecting the establ…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article D744-8

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Monitoring the insurance obligation

Article A211-8

The insurance certificate and provisional insurance certificate must be yellow. They must be no smaller than 7 x 8 cm and no larger than 21 x 29.5 cm. These documents must also comply with the standar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88

…application of articles 63,77 and 154, if the requirements of the investigation or inquiry relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-73 requires it, a person's police cus…

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