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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-26

The sentence enforcement judge will assess whether the sentence or probation measure imposed or its duration should be adjusted. Where the nature of the probation measure or alternative penalty does n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-28

The sentenced person is immediately notified of the sentence enforcement judge's decision. The latter is informed by a statement in the notification that, if he does not accept this decision, he has a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2

…of eight members: 1° The Minister for the Economy, Chairman ; 2° The Governor of the Banque de France, Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, assisted by the Vice-Chairman…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety coordination and coordinator.

Article L4532-2

…nies, including subcontractors, in order to prevent the risks arising from their simultaneous or successive interventions and to provide, where necessary, for the use of common resources such as infra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-23

Young people who set up or take over a profit-making business whose head office and main establishment are located in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Sain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-27

…ions for the application of this sub-section, in particular those for the payment, suspension or cancellation of the aid, as well as those relating to the non-cumulation of this aid with other public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-22

…emy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, young people aged between eighteen and thirty may receive financial assistance from the State known as "aide au projet initiative-jeune" to help them ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-26

Young people who are receiving or have received aid for the young people's initiative project under this sub-section may also receive aid for setting up or taking over a business as provided for in Ti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Support for young people's initiative projects.

Article L5522-24

The aid provided for in Article L. 5522-23, the maximum amount of which is determined by decree, is paid from the date on which the business is actually created or taken over.

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

Article L6351-2

The declaration of activity includes administrative information identifying the declarant, as well as descriptive information about the activity.

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