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Showing 221230 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-10

…here French criminal law is applicable, to crimes of torture within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Work using site vehicles, equipment and machinery.

Article R4534-11

…ns of insufficient visibility, one or more workers shall direct the driver and warn, by voice or by conventional signals, persons coming into the area where the vehicle is moving. The same measures ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-1

…France, and by way of derogation from the provisions of article 1 bis of law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of documents and information of an economic, commercial, industri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-12

Where the country of origin of the work, within the meaning of the Paris Act of the Berne Convention, is a country outside the European Community and the author is not a national of a Member State of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-1

In application of the international conventions referred to in the following articles, any person who is guilty outside the territory of the Republic of one of the offences listed in these articles ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-74

In the absence of a convention or agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-117, the employer is informed of the request to extend a previously granted leave or period of part-time work for the creation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Salary funds.

Article L471-1

…finance productive investments or operations aimed at reducing working hours and creating jobs. The convention or agreement creating the fund and providing for payments must be approved by the compete…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-6

A usurious loan is any conventional loan granted at an overall effective rate that exceeds, at the time it is granted, by more than one third, the average effective rate charged during the previous qu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Contractual plan

Article L732-1

…of a property, the commission shall endeavour to reconcile the parties with a view to drawing up a conventional recovery plan approved by the debtor and his main creditors.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Liens and mortgages

Article 2532

A conventional mortgage may only be granted by a deed executed in authentic form. The transfer and release of the mortgage shall take place in the same form. Contracts concluded outside Mayotte may on…

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