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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-99

Where the employment contract is terminated for another legitimate reason by one of the parties, the termination of the contract may not be notified or take effect during the period spent on national…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article 924

For the application of article 398, the correctional court is always composed of the president or a judge of the court of first instance. Articles L. 952-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisation relatin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-14-1

If the offences defined in Article L. 615-14, or if the offender is or has been bound by agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred are increased to double. The offenders may, in additio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 902

The first paragraph of Article

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-99

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine the personal protective equipment and categories of personal protective equipment for which the employer shall carry out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision and control.

Article R2324-14-1

When an establishment welcomes school-age children under the age of six during school holidays, professional leave or leisure activities, the requirements in terms of organisation, operation and layou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-9

The acquiring or new mutual insurance company shall be liable to creditors who do not have the status of members of the company or companies being acquired in place and stead of the latter, without su…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-4

When the athlete has refused to consent to the monitoring operations mentioned in article L. 232-14-1, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the test is carried out…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14-1

I. - The municipalities that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Extension of the calculation period for sums held in the automatic account

Article 919-62

The period for calculating the sums entered in the automatic account provided for in the second paragraph of article 222-3 is extended by one year for cinematographic works for which this period has e…

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