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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article R7227-5

…sible and the additional service time for which they are liable pursuant to article 1 of decree no. 2000-815 du 25 August 2000 relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la fon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-5

Without prejudice to the application of Article 434-29 of the Penal Code, in the event of a conviction for a felony or misdemeanour committed intentionally during a temporary absence, the court may de…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15-2

…omoting the principles of the contract of republican commitment mentioned inarticle 10-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and in I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article 596

In criminal cases and where the accused has been convicted, if the judgment has pronounced a penalty other than that applied by law to the nature of the crime, the annulment of the judgment may be pur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Operation

Article L5912-3

The chairman alone is responsible for policing the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors.He may have any individual disturbing the peace expelled from the auditorium…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-171

If the coordination group agrees, at the end of the single assessment procedure for periodic safety update reports provided for in Article 107g(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-6

…provided for in Ia to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2121-1 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2121-2 Decree no. 2013-938 of 18 October 2013R. 2121-5 to R. 2121-8Decre…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Total or partial withdrawal of parental authority and withdrawal of the exercise of parental authority

Article 378

Parental authority or the exercise of parental authority may be totally withdrawn by an express decision of the criminal judgment from fathers and mothers who are convicted, either as perpetrators, co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-9

…sory for dishes containing one or more pieces of beef within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the ide…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1770 decies

Any failure, error or omission under the obligations provided for in II of Article 1586 octies shall be punishable by a fine equal to €200 per employee concerned, up to a limit set at €100,000.

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