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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-5

In all cases, the sum left at the disposal of an employee whose remuneration is subject to seizure or assignment, in application of the second paragraph of article L. 3252-5, is equal to the lump sum…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Evidence and presumptions

Article 310-3

…ssion of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter III of this Title, parentage is proved and contested by any means, subject to the admissibility of the action.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5-1

…ncy, acting as a College, may address to the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge a written and reasoned opinion on how to resolve a conflict of jurisdiction or on recurrent difficulties or re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-5

…of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction establishes that the essential quality and safety requirements referred to in Article L. 4011-2 are not guaranteed or that the provisions o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-49-5

…ecision. The Committee shall give its decision, stating its reasons, after hearing the professional and the Government Commissioner. The Committee shall give its decision, stating its reasons, after h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-2

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1, the inspection officers defined by regulation shall have a right of co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-1

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1, the inspection officers defined by regulation may, during their visits…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.

Article R814-28-5

…le R. 814-28-4 shall be completed with the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, university establishments or training bodies, registered or having filed a d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-5

…goods of the same type, taking into account, where applicable, any provisions of European Union law and national law as well as any technical standards or, in the absence of such technical standards,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…on of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located…

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