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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-5

…isions of articles L. 3134-3 and L. 3134-4 do not apply: 1° To work which, in the case of serious necessity or in the public interest, must be carried out immediately ; 2° For a Sunday, to the complet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-6

Any final conviction against the directors of the management company or those of the custodian, pursuant to article L. 231-3, I and III of article L. 231-4, or articles L. 231-5 and L. 231-7, automati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-67

…ty of a party, the subject matter or the cause of action, and which have not been joined, may not exceed the periods set out in the table below: NUMBER OF DECISIONS to be drafted MAXIMUM NUMBER of com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

…icle 34, whether or not he agrees to take on the case within a maximum period of thirty days from receipt of the information. Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office relinquishes jurisdiction un…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-6

In the month following receipt of the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in Article L. 141-2 takes the decision to classify the property in the category for which the assessin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-6

…nger offers the guarantees provided for in Article L. 552-5, it may order that any communication concerning the offer referring to its approval be discontinued and withdraw its approval under the cond…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

…he information refuses to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, he shall invite the parties to make their observations known within a period of five days. At th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3121-6

In an emergency, the employer may exceed the maximum daily working time on his own responsibility, in the cases envisaged in article D. 3121-4. If the employer has not yet submitted a request to excee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-55

I.- Establishments, services or organisations meeting the conditions set out in article R. 3115-64 and, in the absence of sufficient health resources, practitioners practising in French Guyana and mee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-5-2

…d capacity of the signing legal representative 2. Purpose of the declaration Declares that the balance sheet and notes for the year ended, which are separate from the other accounting documents and wh…

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