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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-11

…trate designated by him orders the imprisonment and extradition of the person claimed at the remand centre at the seat of the court of appeal. However, if the First President of the Court of Appeal or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-11

The mobilisation of the rights mentioned in Article L. 5151-10 is financed : 1° By the State, for the activities mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 5°, and 6° of article L. 5151-9, as well as for the activi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-111

…orities and groups of local authorities; 3° Other legal entities governed by public law, with the exception of the State; 4° Employers' groups for integration and qualification mentioned in article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-110

…uments and deposits referred to in 8° and 9° of I of article L. 214-36 held by the undertaking in excess of the 5% quota referred to in 2° of article L. 214-37; 2° Where the guarantees granted by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Agency staff

Article L1432-11

…projects affecting all staff. This committee has legal personality and manages its own assets. It receives an operating grant in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Eta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-11

…ion of regulated commitments and other intangible items, of the following items:1. However, preference shares as defined in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code may be issued only if they m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-11

…R. 4311-8: 1° Personal protective equipment designed and manufactured specifically for the armed forces or the maintenance of law and order; 2° Personal protective equipment intended for the protectio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-118

…cal to those of the proprietary medicinal product which has obtained marketing authorisation in France, except in that they include : 1° The addition, in addition to the information provided for in Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-117

…of part-time work; 2° The number of times the leave or period may be renewed; 3° The length of service required to be entitled to the leave or period; 4° The deadlines by which the employee must infor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-11

For their application to cancer centres, articles D. 6143-39, R. 6145-6, R. 6145-10, R. 6145-29, D. 6145-32, D. 6145-34, R. 6145-40, R. 6145-65 and R. 6145-69 are adapted as follows: 1° In article D.…

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