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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities

Article L2131-9

…en believes that he or she has been personally harmed by an act of a municipal authority, he or she may apply to the administrative court to have the act annulled.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Work relating to national defence.

Article L3132-9

…carried out on behalf of the State and in the interests of national defence, the weekly rest period may be temporarily suspended by the ministers concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-9

Overtime may not have the effect of increasing the working time of a part-time employee to the level of the legal working time or, if it is lower, to the level of the working time set by agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Accident at work or occupational disease

Article R1226-9

The conversion of a post carried out in application of article L. 1226-10 may give rise to the allocation of the financial aid provided for in article L. 5213-10.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Protection of minors.

Article R3353-9

In the cases provided for in this section, the accused may prove that he was misled as to the age of the minor or the status or age of the person accompanying him. If he proves this, no penalty shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous and final provisions

Article R4312-90

…tely inaccurate or incomplete declaration made by a nurse to the Association's departmental council may give rise to disciplinary proceedings. The same applies to the concealment of professional contr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-2

…e item within one month of a formal notice sent to his or her home address, the investigating judge may order, subject to the rights of third parties, the destruction of this property or its handover…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-98

The Ordinary General Meeting takes all decisions other than those referred to in Articles L. 225-96 and L. 225-97.The Board may only validly deliberate on first call if the shareholders present or rep…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Enforcement of European protection orders in the Member States of the European Union pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order

Article 696-90

A European protection order may be issued by the competent authority of a Member State, called the issuing State, for the purpose of extending to the territory of another Member State, called the exec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-91

A European protection order may be issued by the public prosecutor at the request of the victim or the victim's legal representative. The victim shall be informed of this right when one of the prohibi…

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