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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

…of the decision is, in all cases, sent by the sentence enforcement judge to the academic authority and, where applicable, to the head of the school concerned; the sentence enforcement judge also info…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-31-1

…osecutor may, to this end, request that the sentenced person be placed, for a period of between two and six weeks, in a specialised service responsible for observing detainees for the purposes of a mu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-38-1

Judicial supervision is suspended by any detention occurring during its execution and not resulting from a withdrawal of all or part of the duration of sentence reductions decided pursuant to article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-7-1

Every year, the employer informs the employees, by any means, of the availability of the addresses of the representative employee trade union organisations in the branch to which the company belongs o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4231-7-1

…al council brings actions on behalf of the region by virtue of the decision of the regional council and may, with the assent of the standing committee, defend any action brought against the region. He…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-7-1

The list of organisations declared under the conditions laid down in this chapter and up to date with their obligation to submit the educational and financial report referred to in article L. 6352-11…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for airports

Article L5125-7-1

When one or more pharmacies are located within an airport in the airside zone or in the landside zone within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-7-1

The provisions of article L. 5215-27 are applicable to the agglomeration community.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-7-1

The imposition of the additional penalty of temporary closure of the establishment referred to in 4° of article 131-39 of the French Criminal Code does not result in the termination or suspension of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-71

An application for the Commission to prescribe the measures necessary for the enforcement of a final decision of that Commission, accompanied, where appropriate, by a periodic penalty payment, may not…

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