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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-9

As soon as the fifteen-day period has expired and he has the documents mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article D. 8254-11, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-9

I.-In order to carry out one or more of the activities provided for in 1° to 10° below, the internal-use pharmacy must have an authorisation expressly mentioning this or these activities or issued tac…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-49

In order to take into account the consequences on attendance at cinemas of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-56

Information requested by the requesting authority of such a nature as to prejudice the fundamental national security interests of the State or to compromise the security of a person shall not be commu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-54

For the purposes of applying Council Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA of 30 November 2009 on prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings, where parallel c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-57

A judicial authority which decides, on the basis of the information it has gathered in accordance with Article 695-9-54 and after consultation with the competent authorities of the other Member States…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Holiday pay

Article R7213-9

The allowance corresponding to the leave provided for in article L. 3141-3 may not be less than one tenth of the total remuneration received by the person concerned during the reference period, nor le…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° The fact, for the manufacturer of a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Training measures for employees in seasonal employment.

Article L6321-9

Without prejudice to the provisions of section 2, when, pursuant to an agreement or an extended collective agreement or to the employment contract, the employer undertakes to renew the contract of an…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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